Happy Veterans' Day to all the vets and their loved ones.
Here's something from the Human Rights Campaign Blog:
Veterans Day is a day set aside for Americans to honor all those who have served our great nation, and HRC is incredibly thankful for the service and sacrifice of all our nation’s veterans. As the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, we’re also especially proud of our nation’s LGBT veterans, many of whom for years were forced to hide something as fundamental as who they are in order to be able to serve.
And from a HuffPost Op-Ed entitled "Do You Know What a Woman Veteran Looks Like?"
In honor of Veteran's Day, thank you to all the veterans and active-duty women, men and their families who proudly serve and protect our great nation! I recently met Melissa Washington, U.S. Navy veteran, Marine Corps wife, founder of Women Veterans Alliance and the creator of the Sacramento, CA-based campaign "What Does a Woman Veteran Look Like."It was interesting to learn that the civilian population commonly thinks of a veteran as being a man who served in one of the wars like Vietnam, Korea, or the Gulf. When most people hear the word "veteran," a woman never seems to come to mind.