DoD’s Pride Month Celebration Highlights LGBT Leadership

The Department of Defense reports:

President Barack Obama declared June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month, and the Defense Department is highlighting the importance of leadership as it celebrates the achievements and sacrifices of LGB service members and LGBT civilians.

During an interview with DoD News, Air Force General Counsel Gordon O. Tanner discussed DoD’s LGBT Pride Month, the importance of recognizing diversity within the department and encouraging LGB service members and LGBT civilians to visibly serve.

“LGBT Pride Month is an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of LGBT members of the defense family,” said Tanner, who served on active duty in the Air Force Reserve, as a member of the civil service, and now as a Senate-confirmed political appointee.

“I’ve had the chance to see LGBT members, both civilian and military members, serve when there was a ban on openly gay service, then during the period of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ and [now] openly,” he said.

“For me,” Tanner said, “it’s a time to remember the accomplishments, and the sacrifices and importance of the work that these members have provided to all of us and to the nation.”

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