This year’s milestones for gay rights didn’t end with key influencers such as President Barack Obamaand Jay-Z endorsing marriage equality.
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced it will hold its first ever event commemorating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pride.
Details of the celebration are scant, but CNN reports senior Defense Department officials are scheduled to take part in the celebration.
“The Defense Department is planning an LGBT Pride Month event for later this month,” Pentagon spokeswoman Eileen Laniez said in a statement issued Thursday.
Unthinkable just a ago, when the military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy prohibited gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military, the announcement comes weeks after Obama and Vice President Joe Biden threw their support behind gay marriage.
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