Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
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The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) is a non-profit legal services, watchdog, and policy organization in the United States. SLDN is dedicated to ending discrimination and harassment of gay and lesbian U.S. military personnel negatively affected by the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell".
Since its founding in 1993, SLDN has provided legal aid to more than 7000 service members and has obtained more than three dozen changes to military policy and practice.
[edit] See also
- Don't Ask, Don't Tell
- Hate crime
- Military of the United States
- Darren Manzella
- Major Alan D. Rogers
- Allen R. Schindler, Jr.
- Barry Winchell
[edit] External links
- Servicemembers Legal Defense Network official site
- SLDN on Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy
- Blue Alliance - LGBT Alumni of the US Air Force Academy
- USNA Out- LGBT Alumni of the US Naval Academy
- Servicemembers United- All veteran organization dedicated to educating the American public about the ban on known gay men and women in the military.
- American Veterans for Equal Rights-a non-profit, chapter-based association of active, reserve and veteran servicemembers dedicated to full and equal rights and equitable treatment for all present and former members of the U.S. Armed Forces.
- The Michael D. Palm Center- USB think tank on DADT
- The Gay Military Times
- Metro Weekly: Article series about SLDN
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