WASHINGTON – Freedom to Marry and Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) today released a new online video featuring Chief Warrant Officer (CW2) Charlie Morgan and her wife, Karen, spotlighting the inequalities forced upon gay and lesbian service members by the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

WASHINGTON -- The Human Rights Campaign and other LGBT groups are commending U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta for releasing a historic video message to members of the military commemorating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month, which takes place each June.

This marks the first Pride season in which service members can openly participate.

"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was repealed in December 2010, and repeal was implemented last September.

WASHINGTON – A week after President Obama announced his support for ending marriage discrimination against same-sex couples, Freedom to Marry and Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) announced Freedom to Serve, Freedom to Marry, a new national campaign that will highlight the stories of military families harmed by the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

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.