At a campaign stop at a diner in New Hampshire, presidential candidate Mitt Romney made a bee-line towards a man wearing a Vietnam Veteran cap and “sidled up next to him“. Although gays have always served in the military, apparently it never occurred to Romney that a veteran might be gay and that the man [...]

As someone whose healthcare treatment is from the Veterans Administration (VA) because of service connected disabilities, Romney’s discussion of how healthcare should be perhaps provided via voucher sounds like a really, really bad idea. From Talking Point Memo‘s Romney Spit-Balls His Way To Privatizing Veteran’s Benefits: MAULDIN, SC — Over barbecue and sweet tea with [...]

One can change one’s [Veterans Administration] record to reflect one’s gender without genital reconstruction surgery. This was from the National Center For Transgender Equality’s (NCTE’s)talking points regarding a significant change to the Veterans Administration (VA) policies for transgender veterans. This change of policy on gender markers was clearly intended by the senior leadership of the [...]