Washington D.C. - July 14, 2023 - Anti-equality House members are using the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act to pass dangerous amendments targeting healthcare, gender-affirming care, education, and LGBTQ+ friendly services and resources. The numerous anti-equality measures threaten the health and safety of our troops and their families

Adigeni LLC is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) working with the Department of Veterans Affairs and National Center for PTSD to conduct a survey study for veterans facing post-traumatic stress disorder, one of the biggest issues facing military vets today.

We're thrilled to announce that applications for the 2021 MMAA Military Spouse Donna Johnson Memorial Scholarship are now open.

WASHINGTON D.C. - February 23, 2021 - Today, the Modern Military Association of American, the nation's largest LGBTQ military and veteran non-profit, supports the Department of Veterans Affairs' commitment to providing safe, welcoming and equitable services for ALL Veteran, family, caregiver, and survivor beneficiaries and employees, inclusive of diverse gender identities and sexual orientation.

WASHINGTON D.C. - January 25, 2021- Today, Service Members, Partners, Allies for Respect and Tolerance for All (SPART*A) and the Modern Military Association of America (MMAA), the nation's leading LGBTQ servicemember and veteran organizations affirm their strong support for President Biden's executive order to end the transgender military ban.

WASHINGTON - February 1, 2021 - Tonight, the Modern Military Association of America (MMAA) - the nation's largest LGBTQ military and veteran non-profit organization - condemns Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's statement on 'hate American flags,' including the Pride flag.

WASHINGTON - December 11, 2020 - Tonight, the Modern Military Association of America (MMAA) - the nation's largest LGBTQ military and veteran non-profit organization - joined the growing list of veteran service organizations calling on the U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Robert Wilkie, to resign. The call for his resignation follow the release of a VA Inspector General report on "Senior VA Officials' Response to a Veteran's Sexual Assault Allegations."

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Dember 17, 2020 - Today, Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), a member of the House Armed Services Committee and former Army Ranger, and Rep. Lori Trahan (D-MA), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, introduced the Realizing Efforts for Military Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (REMEDI) Act to require 21st century diversity training for the Department of Defense workforce. The legislation would update outdated language to ensure diversity training at the Department of Defense is a reflection of our nation's values and promotes diversity, equality, and inclusion at the largest governmental agency. The bill is endorsed by Protect Our Defenders, Minority Veterans of America, and the Modern Military Association of America

WASHINGTON - September 20, 2020 - Today, on the nine year anniversary of the implementation of the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT), the Modern Military Association of America - the nation's largest LGBTQ military non-profit organization - released the following statement: "Nine years ago today, as a nation we put a deeply discriminatory policy where it belonged - in history's trash can. 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' (DADT) inflicted tremendous damage on the lives and careers of so many brave American patriots, and it deprived the military of highly trained and talented individuals," said MMAA Interim Executive Director Jennifer Dane. "Today is also a reminder that our progress is reversible, and we must remain vigilant in our fight for fairness and equality. While gay, lesbian, and bisexual service members are able to serve openly and authentically thanks to the repeal of DADT, Donald Trump singled out transgender service members for discrimination with a new form of DADT - an unconstitutional transgender military ban. MMAA is proud to be fighting to overturn that ban and ensure transgender service members have the support they need and deserve."

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 31 - House Armed Services Committee Vice Chair and 30-year Army veteran Congressman Anthony Brown (MD-04), Subcommittee on Military Personnel Chair Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14), Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and 31 members wrote to Department of Defense Secretary Mark Esper to demand he lift the effective ban on sovereign Native Nations and LGBTQ Pride Flags on military installations. The members argue the exclusion of these flags undermines diversity and inclusion efforts.Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-33), Congressman Reuben Gallego (AZ-07), Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) and Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01) also served as co-leads for this effort.

August 26, 2020 - Joined by the 75th U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, the 23rd U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, and the 22nd U.S. Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning, MMAA filed a brief last week with the Supreme Court of the United States in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a case that could decide whether adoption and foster care agencies can use taxpayer funds to discriminate against qualified LGBTQ parents.

WASHINGTON - July 17 - Today, the Modern Military Association of America, the nation's largest LGBTQ military and veteran non-profit organization, responded to Secretary Mark Esper's decision to ban the LGBTQ pride flag. A Pentagon spokesperson confirmed today that Secretary Esper's memo on the "Public Display or Depiction of Flags in the Department of Defense" - which was seen as a way to effectively ban the Confederate flag - also bans the Pride flag.

WASHINGTON - July 21, 2020 - Today, the Modern Military Association of America (MMAA) released the following statement condemning the Trump-Pence administration's use of unidentified federal agents dawning military uniforms in Portland, Oregon. Against the wishes of the city's elected officials, the Trump-Pence administration is using these militarized federal agents to arrest and detain American citizens protesting in the city.

WASHINGTON - July 30, 2020 - Today, the Modern Military Association of America (MMAA), the nation's largest LGBTQ military and veteran non-profit organization, released the following statement following the U.S. House of Representatives' vote to overturn the Trump-Pence administration's transgender military ban. Adopted by a voice vote, the amendment to the fiscal 2021 Defense appropriations bill was introduced by Rep. Jackie Speier, chairwoman of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee, and would effectively end the ban by blocking the use of funds to implement it.

WASHINGTON - April 9, 2020 - Today, the Modern Military Association of America (MMAA) - the nation's largest non-profit organization working to advance fairness and equality for the LGBTQ military and veteran community - released the following statements ahead of the one year anniversary of the Trump-Pence transgender military ban, which went into effect last year on April 12.

March 27, 2020 - A federal judge has refused the Trump administration's request to remove the Modern Military Association of America from a lawsuit challenging discrimination against HIV-positive service members, meaning a greater number of troops will be protected from discharge now and that all service members with HIV will be protected if the suit succeeds.

WASHINGTON - February 26, 2020 - Today, the Modern Military Association of America (MMAA) - the nation's largest non-profit organization dedicated to advancing fairness and equality for the LGBTQ military and veteran community - responded to new survey results released by the University of California, Los Angeles, that reveals the far majority of active duty servicemembers oppose the Trump-Pence transgender military ban. Funded by the Department of Defense, the survey of 486 active duty, non-transgender servicemembers from the four major branches of the U.S. military found an overwhelming 66% support an inclusive policy.

RICHMOND, VA - January 10, 2020 - Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld a lower court ruling in Roe & Voe v. Esper that halted efforts by the Trump administration to discharge members of the Air Force because they are living with HIV. The decision will allow two active-duty Airmen living with HIV, identified pseudonymously as Richard Roe and Victor Voe, to continue serving in the U.S. Air Force as well as preventing the discharge of any other Airmen living with HIV.

WASHINGTON - December 18, 2019 - Today, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington ordered the Department of Defense to turn over documents that it has withheld regarding the Trump-Pence administration's ban on open military service by transgender people, including its purported justifications for the policy.

WASHINGTON - December 4, 2019 - On Monday, the Modern Military Association of America (MMAA) - the nation's leading legal advocacy organization fighting to advance fairness and equality for the LGBTQ military and veteran community - joined with the National Veterans Legal Service Program (NVLSP) in filing a "friend of the court" brief with the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in the case of Peter Van Dermark v. Robert L. Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

WASHINGTON - November 1, 2019 - Today, the Modern Military Association of America, the nation's largest non-profit organization for the LGBTQ military and veteran community, released the following statement strongly condemning the Trump-Pence administration's new rule licensing taxpayer-funded discrimination against the LGBTQ community in adoption and foster care services. Released today by the Department of Health and Human Services, the rule attacking basic fairness and equality comes at the start of National Adoption Month.

WASHINGTON - October 4, 2019 - Today, the Modern Military Association of America (MMAA), along with three former Service Secretaries and a group of military and veteran advocacy organizations, filed a "friend of the court" brief with the Supreme Court of the United States arguing the Trump-Pence administration's rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) severely undermines military readiness and violates federal law. Filed in three consolidated cases before the Court, the brief argues that the government violated the Administrative Procedure Act and failed to consider the harm that DACA rescission would have on DACA beneficiaries who have enlisted in the military, military family members, and the military itself, which has been significantly strengthened by the enlistment of non-citizens, including DACA recipients.

WASHINGTON - October 2, 2019 - Today, the Modern Military Association of America (MMAA) - the nation's largest non-profit organization for the LGBTQ military and veteran community - announced that it will provide LGBTQ and HIV+ competency training through its Rainbow Shield certification program to the entire New York State Division of Veterans' Services. All of the division's employees will receive the MMAA Rainbow Shield cultural competency training designed to help educate and empower providers and advocates who serve the LGBTQ and HIV+ military and veteran community. The state of New York will become the first in the nation with all of its veterans' services staff certified through the program.

WASHINGTON - August 27, 2019 - The Modern Military Association of America (MMAA); the Center for Law and Military Policy (CLMP); the Honorable Gordon O. Tanner, former General Counsel of the U.S. Air Force and Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs; and the Service Women's Action Network (SWAN) filed a friend-of-the-court brief yesterday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case of Kuang v. U.S. Department of Defense. The class action lawsuit filed by the ACLU was brought on behalf of lawful permanent residents who enlisted in the armed services but were not permitted even to attend basic training because of a policy implemented by the Trump-Pence administration requiring unspecified extra screening and significant delays. The new discriminatory policy ended the long-standing practice of treating all applicants who meet basic qualifications the same way.

WASHINGTON - July 11, 2019 - Moments ago, by a vote of 242-187, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a non-discrimination amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would make eligible for military service any qualified individual who can meet standards, regardless of race, color, national origin, religion or sex - including gender identity or sexual orientation. The Modern Military Association of America (MMAA) - the nation's largest non-profit organization for the LGBTQ military and veteran community - hailed the bipartisan vote as an important step toward ending the Trump-Pence administration's harmful transgender military ban. Final passage of the full NDAA is expected by the House tomorrow, and the legislation will then go to conference committee to be reconciled with the Senate version.

WASHINGTON - July 12, 2019 - Today, the Modern Military Association of America (MMAA) - the nation's largest non-profit organization for the LGBTQ military and veteran community - responded to the U.S. House of Representatives' bipartisan vote of 220-197 passing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2020. The NDAA includes amendments to overturn the Trump-Pence transgender military ban and also restore honor to service members discharged due to their sexual orientation. The House version of the NDAA will now go to conference committee to be reconciled with the Senate version.

WASHINGTON - July 9, 2019 - Today, as first reported by Politico Pro, the Modern Military Association of America (MMAA) - the nation's largest non-profit organization for the LGBTQ military and veteran community - released a letter signed by prominent military, veteran and national security leaders and organizations urging Congress to pass an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would make eligible for military service any qualified American who can meet standards, regardless of race, color, national origin, religion or sex - including gender identity or sexual orientation.

(New York, NY -- July 26, 2019) - Military leaders, medical associations, public health groups, and HIV advocates joined three friend-of-the court briefs filed yesterday in support of a federal lawsuitchallenging the Pentagon's discriminatory policies, which prevent service members living with HIV from deploying to most locations outside the United States. These deployment restrictions recently resulted in decisions to discharge a number of Airmen. The briefs being filed today in Roe and Voe v Shanahan before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit urge the court to uphold a preliminary injunction preventing the Air Force from discharging service members with HIV.