The healthcare system for the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) provides care to more than nine million veterans. But thousands of service members who have been discharged “dishonorably” for being LGBTQ are not entitled to those benefits. That number was estimated in 2019 to be 100,000 since World War II. So maybe it’s time that this is finally fixed?
United States Marine Corps veteran and the Political Director of Common Defense (a national membership organization of progressive military veterans) Alex McCoy joins Let's Go There, to amplify what we can do to help LGBTQ veterans.