Morano on unique challenges facing LGBTQ+ veterans
Morano details unique challenges facing LGBTQ+ veterans including higher rates of PTSD, sexual assault victimization, and lingering effects post-DADT repeal, vowing the committee will not accept the status quo.
Nowhere is that more noticeable than in terms of the issues that are uniquely facing LGBT plus veterans.
As our committee has researched and as we'll get into, LGBT veterans have a higher instance of.
PTSD, LGBT veterans have higher incidence of being victimized by sexual assault,
and a number of other things that, even after the ending of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, continue to permeate throughout the veterans community.
And this committee, which has some very dedicated council members on it, is not going to just sit by and accept that as the new status quo.