Thousands of LGBTQ+ veterans ejected over their sexuality are still owed benefits. Many of them don’t know that they’re entitled to anything, and that there are organizations that can help them.
Counting the trains coming through the Baltimore station, Phillip Zimmerman figured out which ones sped past his platform and didn’t stop, which ones would kill him immediately if he jumped.
As far as official records show, more than 100,000 veterans like him were discharged — at least 14,000 during the years of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy — because of who they love, President BidenHealth care, home loans, career advancement and GI Bill educations are just some of the things LGBTQ+ veterans lost access to when their DD214s — the papers that prove military service — were labeled with their sexuality. It’s a loss the military hasn’t been able to calculate.
Now the director of the Ocean County Veterans Service Bureau in New Jersey, Zimmerman said he was one of 1,544 people ejected similarly in 1986 — a far cry from the military of today, which holds a Pride ceremony inside the Pentagon each June, and posts rainbow flags at recruitment“Their proud service adds to America’s strength. Their contributions to our national security are powerful,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austinat the start of Pride at the Pentagon this month.
Bhageloe said better outreach by the military and training in Veterans Affairs centers are key to addressing some of these injustices. Well-trained staff at VA centers know veterans with those discharges are entitled to benefits. But that’s not always the case in all states. Three of Bhageloe’s most recent clients come from South Carolina, Florida and Texas.a rumor that she had sex with a man and a woman.
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