veterans

Married gay and lesbian veterans will now be eligible for the same benefits afforded to married straight veterans, according to an announcement from Attorney General Eric Holder today.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has frozen the disabled veteran’s benefits until she pays back the full amount the VA mistakenly awarded for her wife and child.

For Memorial Day, when we honor military veterans, our series on women you should know looks at a woman who has fought for the rights of gays and lesbians to serve: Miriam Ben-Shalom.

A California judge rules in the case of a lesbian veteran whose marriage was not recognized by the VA; it may lead to equal benefits for all same-sex couples.

The 2013 women’s basketball tourney has been one of upsets and surprises. Here's what you need to know going into the Final Four.

This is one way to make the best of a bad situation.

Natalie Cook, 37, Australia’s out beach volleyball star’s quest for gold ended in London, and with that, she will depart from the sport in which she has excelled at for almost two decades.

Freedom To Marry's #LoveMustWin initiative is getting a totally adorable musical theater shoutout!

Taylor said, "I've been discriminated against for 70 years."

Nearly two years after her wife died in Afghanistan, an Iraq veteran and National Guard member says the Department of Veterans Affairs will recognize her rights as a widow.

But federal laws make some married same-sex couples ineligible for certain Social Security and veterans' benefits, explains a new report.

Vernita Gray, part of the first same-sex couple married in Illinois after winning a court order, was a veteran activist in her hometown of Chicago.

Brigitte Walker's Riverdale, Ga., home was saved from foreclosure after Occupy Atlanta protesters convinced Chase bank to modify the Iraq War veteran's mortgage.

On July 15, five military veterans set out on The Long Road Home Project, a 90-day, 4,200-mile cross-country cycling journey from Ocean Shores, WA to their destination in Washington D.C. on October 14, to raise money and awareness for vets. Among the cyclists is 27-year-old veteran Marie B. (Marty) who was able to come out openly about being a lesbian following DADT’s repeal.