Danny Ingram
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Danny Ingram serves on the National Board of American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER), the oldest LGBTQ Veterans Service Organization in the United States. Danny served for 6 years in the US Army from 1988 to 1994, when he became one of the first members of the military to be discharged under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law following a 1992 statement he made in support of candidate Bill Clinton’s promise to end the ban against Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual service members.

As National President of AVER Danny traveled extensively to Washington, DC, in 2010 working for the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, including trips to the Pentagon to meet with the Pentagon Working Group, the military team charged with investigating repeal. Danny was invited by the White House to witness President Obama sign the Repeal Act into law on December 22, 2010.

He returned to the Pentagon in 2011 to work with the Repeal Implementation Team. In 2012 he returned to the White House to meet with Dr. Jill Biden and First Lady Michelle Obama’s Joining Forces military family support program and attended the Obama Administration’s first LGBTQ Pride Celebration at the White House.

In May, 2013, Danny was invited to testify before the United States Commission on Civil Rights in Washington to speak on the subject of DOMA (the Defense of Marriage Act) and how it violated the civil rights of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual service members and veterans. DOMA was overturned by the Supreme Court one month later on June 26, 2013.

Following his separation from the US Army Danny pursued a career in Information Technology. He retired from the Georgia Institute of Technology as a Senior Technical Analyst with 35 years of Service. Danny is now retired and lives with his husband USMC Staff Sgt (ret) Eric Alva in San Antonio, Texas, “Military City USA.”