Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Joseph Kennedy III has stuck a finger in the eye of divisive politics by inviting a transgender member of the military to the president's State of the Union address.

Several media outlets reported Tuesday that Secretary of Defense James Mattis halted the ban on transgender people serving in the military. But is that fake news?

Time is running out for President Barack Obama to act on a petition to commute the sentence of convicted whistleblower Chelsea Manning.

For the first time in history, an openly gay male officer has achieved the rank of Major General in the United States Army.

It's believed that more than 100,000 veterans have been kicked out of the military for being LGBT, and groups like American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER) are working to advocate for those who laid their lives on the line.

The repeal of the military's anti-gay "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in 2011 made it easier for veterans kicked out for homosexuality to apply to have their discharges upgraded. For this 85-year-old veteran, it made a huge difference.

The night before the parade, alone in his room in a Marin retirement community, he wrote out the sign he would wear on this Pride Sunday: "90 years old - Wounded Veteran World War 2 - Proudly Gay!!"

A proposed law in the Beaver State would create a position designed to help LGBT veterans.

More than 80,000 people traditionally take part in Long Beach Pride, either in the festival, parade or the weekend's many ancillary events. Among them this year will be a significant new contingent; LGBT members of the Armed Forces.

The Fourth Annual OutServe SLDN Leadership Conference takes place from Thursday, March 26 through Sunday, March 29 at the W Hotel in San Diego. this year features top speakers and authors from the forefront of the equality battleground.