WASHINGTON – Aubrey Sarvis, who has led Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) for more than four years in a successful fight to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” is leaving the organization.

Sarvis' departure from SLDN is the third major resignation at iconic LGBT organizations in the past year. Geoff Kors, the longtime executive director of Equality California, left his position on March 31, 2011. And Joe Solmonese is departing at the end of March 2012 as president of the Human Rights Campaign.

WASHINGTON -- To expedite the ruling in its case seeking equal recognition, benefits and family support for current and former servicemembers who have equally sacrificed and served in the U.S. armed forces, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) late Tuesday filed a motion for summary judgment in its case McLaughlin v. U.S.

SLDN originally filed the case in October with co-counsel Chadbourne & Parke.

WASHINGTON -- As the LGBT community counts down the days until the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' (DADT) is officially repealed on Sept. 20, the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) launched an online petition this week calling on President Barack Obama to issue an executive order prohibiting discrimination and harassment in the armed forces based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Agence France-Presse (AFP) in an interview Thursday, June 23, that the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) repeal would not be certified before he retires June 30.

Gates said he expected his successor, Leon Panetta, to approve the certification in late July or early August. The DADT repeal would then take place 60 days after the certification is made.

The latest news on the DADT repeal disappointed Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN).