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Meet trans vet, husband, and dad, Clayton McCallister

In our 2025 Thriving Under 30 feature, we highlight several young LGBTQ+ activists and advocates who are already changing the world.

Gina Ortiz Jones TAAF Heritage Month Awards Dinner

Politics

Military vet Gina Ortiz Jones becomes first lesbian elected mayor of San Antonio

Jones, who was undersecretary of the Air Force in Joe Biden's administration, beat Rolando Pablos in a runoff election.

News

Years after DADT's end, class action lawsuit seek to restore benefits for thousands of discharged military

Those who were kicked out under "don't ask, don't tell" have often lost benefits due to having less than honorable discharges.

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Crime

Black transgender Air Force veteran Vanity Williams shot to death in Houston

Williams, who had recently started nursing school, is being remembered as someone who "made a safe space for everybody."

Military

Two military members denied promotions for having HIV just won their lawsuit

The settlement will see that the two are commissioned as officers "in recognition of the status and military careers they qualified for and earned years ago."

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Pete Hegseth mandates that all military service members watch his fratty Virginia speech to generals

“He cares that people are willing to follow his orders, no matter what the law says,” an Air Force member told The Advocate.

Air Force grants honors to insurrectionist Ashli Babbitt while denying trans troops’ retirement benefits

“Hell of a precedent that’s being set here,” one person said.

Air Force veteran stripped of retirement under Trump's transgender purge

"This isn't just a fight for us," Technical Sgt. Alyx Anguiano told The Advocate. "It's a threat to every person who has served or is currently serving."

Meet trans vet, husband, and dad, Clayton McCallister

In our 2025 Thriving Under 30 feature, we highlight several young LGBTQ+ activists and advocates who are already changing the world.

Air Force rescinds early retirement approvals for transgender service members kicked out by Trump

The Air Force had previously said trans service members being purged from the military by Trump would be able to keep the benefits.

Military vet Gina Ortiz Jones becomes first lesbian elected mayor of San Antonio

Jones, who was undersecretary of the Air Force in Joe Biden's administration, beat Rolando Pablos in a runoff election.

Trump administration says trans service members have until March 26 to quit Air Force

The Air Force says transgender service members have to leave before the end of March or face an uncertain future.

Gay man fights for pardon after he was jailed for being LGBTQ+ in the military 30 years ago

One former Air Force officer who served 18 months in prison for consensual sodomy described a complicated, slow, and secretive process.

Years after DADT's end, class action lawsuit seek to restore benefits for thousands of discharged military

Those who were kicked out under "don't ask, don't tell" have often lost benefits due to having less than honorable discharges.

Black transgender Air Force veteran Vanity Williams shot to death in Houston

Williams, who had recently started nursing school, is being remembered as someone who "made a safe space for everybody."

Two military members denied promotions for having HIV just won their lawsuit

The settlement will see that the two are commissioned as officers "in recognition of the status and military careers they qualified for and earned years ago."

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“He cares that people are willing to follow his orders, no matter what the law says,” an Air Force member told The Advocate.

“Hell of a precedent that’s being set here,” one person said.

"This isn't just a fight for us," Technical Sgt. Alyx Anguiano told The Advocate. "It's a threat to every person who has served or is currently serving."

In our 2025 Thriving Under 30 feature, we highlight several young LGBTQ+ activists and advocates who are already changing the world.

The Air Force had previously said trans service members being purged from the military by Trump would be able to keep the benefits.

Jones, who was undersecretary of the Air Force in Joe Biden's administration, beat Rolando Pablos in a runoff election.

The Air Force says transgender service members have to leave before the end of March or face an uncertain future.

One former Air Force officer who served 18 months in prison for consensual sodomy described a complicated, slow, and secretive process.

Those who were kicked out under "don't ask, don't tell" have often lost benefits due to having less than honorable discharges.

Williams, who had recently started nursing school, is being remembered as someone who "made a safe space for everybody."

The settlement will see that the two are commissioned as officers "in recognition of the status and military careers they qualified for and earned years ago."