RESOURCES ON THIS PAGE INCLUDE:
- Webinars
- Associated PowerPoint presentations
- Self-help guides
- Links to useful documents & military documents.
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LGBTQ+ Veterans
Webinar Videos & Resources
Video 1 | Webinar
DD214 Corrections for LGBTQ+ Veterans: Discharge Upgrades, Records Corrections, and Name Changes
Presented by the ABA SOGI Commission
in conjunction with
SWORDS TO PLOWSHARES.
This webinar provides guidance and step-by-step application instructions to pursue a military discharge upgrade/correction for those separated under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT) and previous discriminatory policies. The webinar provides similar guidance and instructions for correcting military discharge paperwork to reflect the legal name today for trans-identified veterans who served under a different name.
This webinar is useful to legal practitioners, veteran service officers, individual veterans, and anyone who is interested in learning more about the real-world application of the policy changes that resulted from DADT repeal.
Presented June 4, 2021
Panelists:
Co-Sponsors:
View PowerPoint presentation for this webinar here.
The previous webinar’s step-by-step application of DoD policies to the military discharge upgrade/correction application compliments the more in-depth explanation of the overall military discharge upgrade/correction process provided in the webinar that follows…
Video 2 | Webinar
Restore Honor, Restore Dignity: Updating Certificates of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) for LGBTQ+ Veterans
Presented by the ABA SOGI Commission
in conjunction with the
MODERN MILITARY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
(Formerly OUTSERVE-SLDN).
This webinar is an in-depth discussion of the process to upgrade/correct military discharge documents and explains generally how that process may be used to help trans-identified veterans in changing the name and gender marker on their military records, and LGBTQ+ veterans who were discharged under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and prior policies in removing the offensive evidence of those policies from their discharge paperwork.
This program is part of ABA President Linda Klein’s veteran’s service projects.
Presented October 25, 2016
Panelists:
- Peter Perkowski, Counsel, OutServe-SLDN, Inc.
- Deana Cairo, Partner, Tucker Ellis LLP
- Stephen Lessard, Senior Associate, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
View PowerPoint presentation for this webinar here.
Useful Self-Help Guides and Other Documents:
- Memorandum for Secretaries of Military Departments – Sep 20, 2011 (Stanley Memo on DADT Discharge Corrections)
- STP Self-Help Guide: DD214 Corrections for Veterans Discharged Under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and Prior Policies
- STP Self-Help Guide: DD214 Name Corrections for Transgender Veterans
- STP Self-Help Guide: Upgrading Your Discharge and Changing the Reason for Your Discharge
- STP Self-Help Guide: Requesting Copies of Military Records
- STP Self-Help Guide: VA Character of Service Determinations: An Alternative to Discharge Review
- STP Self-Help Guide: Contents Page
- “Do Ask, Do Tell, Do Justice: Pursuing Justice for LGBTQ Military Veterans
Military Discharge Upgrade/Correction-Related Documents
Air Force Discharge Upgrade:
- Air Force Instruction 36-2603: Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records (5 March 2012)
- Air Force Guidance Memorandum to AFI 36-3206, Administrative Discharge Procedures For Commissioned Officers
- Air Force Guidance Memorandum to AFI 36-3207, Separating Commissioned Officers, Chapter 3
- Air Force Instruction 36-3208; Administrative Separation of Airmen; Incorporating Through Change 5
- Air Force Instruction 36-3208; Separation of Incorporating Through Change 6 (19 October 2011)
- Air Force Pamphlet 36-3210; Procedural Guide for Enlisted Administrative Discharge Boards; Incorporating Change