Blog posts with the tag "Transgender"

Staff Perspective: Contextualizing the Resilience of LGBTQ Military-Connected Couples

By Kaleigh DeSimone  on 20.02.2019 11:19 am

Despite an extensive history of punitive practices towards what we know today as the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community, LGBTQ people have served in the United States military since its inception (GSAFE, 2018). Those LGBTQ Veterans who served during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War did so at a time when the military defined homosexuality as a mental disorder, with support from the organized medical community (e.g., APA).

Staff Perspective: The Healthcare of Transgender Service Members - A Discussion on Recent Policy Developments

By Laura Cho-Stutler  on 16.11.2016 11:20 am
Laura Cho-Stutler, Psy.D.

With the 2011 repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, and Don’t Pursue policy, which later became known as Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT), the transgender military population was left unprotected with an increased uncertainty about their status in the US military.  They were unable to join the military and if already serving, being identified as a transgender individual could be grounds for involuntary separation or denial of reenlistment (Goldbach & Castron, 2016; Kerrigan, 2012).

Staff Perspective - Lady Valor: The Kristen Beck Story (2014)

By Holly O'Reilly  on 22.07.2015 12:31 pm

If you are local to the D.C. area, you may have recently read an article in the Washington Post about Kristen Beck. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this name, Kristen Beck is the first transgender Navy Seal to share her story via film. Previously known as Christopher, completing 13 deployments and earning commendations, including a Bronze Star, as well as a Purple Heart, Christopher was a force to be reckoned with. This powerful documentary describes her life as Christopher and how she came to be known as Kristen.