August 2011 Blog Posts (7)

As Labor Day approaches, DOD FED GLOBE is taking this opportunity to thank all of you

 for your hard work as equality activism volunteers.

Your contributions that are essential to our…

Update:  My agency processed the paperwork submitted my the Osan Civilian Personnel Office for post allowance (PA).  They are recognizing Tim as my dependent, at least for PA and living quarters allowance (LQA) ceiling.  This is all more symbolic than anything, in my circumstances.  The PA increased by $21 per pay period.  And for my housing, I was not spending the full LQA anyway (we are reimbursed for actual expenses, up to a cap, dependent on your GS level).



But Tim is still…

For well over a year now I've been posting blogs about my battle with the VA to recognize my wife as my same sex spouse.  I filed my first claim in June 2010.  It was denied and I filed an appeal asking for a DRO Review. 

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The oppression of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) is uncommon.

This is because unlike other oppressed groups we are taught in childhood by those that have the greatest influence…

The oppression of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) is uncommon.

This is because unlike other oppressed groups we are taught in childhood by those that have the greatest influence…

Yes once again in the USA people are competing for the job of President. What does this event mean to pro Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) equality activists? This is when our community becomes the target for discriminatory dogmatic diatribe.

Politicians in the USA are not elected to provide religious leadership. In this country we have in the first amendment “…separation between religion and matters of the…