ATLANTA, GA – American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER) joins Servicemembers United Executive Director and AVER Life Member Alexander Nicholson in applauding today’s order issued by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals lifting its own stay of a lower court’s injunction barring enforcement of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law. This move once again renders “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” unenforceable by the Pentagon. Nicholson was the sole veteran plaintiff on the case spearheaded by the Log Cabin Republicans, an LGBT political organization.
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AVER Convention Registration
REGISTRATION COSTS
Full Registration:
Thursday, September 19th 2013 thru Sunday, September 22nd 2013 -$175*
Late Registration: $190.00* per person. After September 9th, 2013
– Includes:
- 3 continental breakfasts
- Friday lunch
- Saturday banquet
- Sunday brunch
- Access to all meetings
- Coffee breaks
- Hospitality suite refreshments, bar in evenings.
- Shuttle bus to downtown Denver, GLBT clubs, and restaurants
| Single Day Resigstration | |||
| Offers | Friday September 20th 2013 | Saturday September 21st 2013 | Sunday September 22nd 2013 |
| Continental breakfast | X | X | X |
| Lunch | X | X | |
| Coffee breaks | X | X | |
| Access to all meetings | X | X | |
| Banquet | X | ||
| Closing meeting | X | ||
| Brunch | X | ||
| Cost | $70* | $80* | $50* |
| Late Registration: Add $10* per person. After September 9th 2013 | |||
Saturday evening (Banquet only) – $50*
- Available to spouses and local guests only
- Late Registration: $60.00* per person. After September 9th, 2013
*Registering online adds $6.00 service fee
Don’t forget to book your hotel reservations at:
Denver Renaissance Hotel
3801 Quebec Street
Denver, Colorado 80207
1-800-468-3571
Use group code: AVER
Hotel Accommodations.
The Denver Renaissance Hotel has offered us a special $105 per night rate for single, double, triple or quad. Valid from September 16-24, 2013 They have also provided considerable assistance in meeting room rentals, hospitality suite and food cost so we ask that you stay at the host hotel.
House Armed Services Committee Holds Hearing on Oversight of DADT Repeal
ATLANTA: On Thursday April 7th the US House of Representatives Armed Services Committee held an oversight hearing on the ongoing DADT repeal implementation. The service chiefs of the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force were asked to testify before the committee and answer questions. From the opening remarks of the ranking majority member of the Committee, and the tone of the questions, it was clear that there had been an expectation that the service chiefs would express the same reservations and or opposition to allowing open gay service in our armed forces as they did early in 2010 at the Senate Armed Services Committee hearings. They didn’t.
AVER Statement on President’s Decision to Stop Defending DOMA
American Veterans For Equal Rights (AVER), with chapters across America, has been serving the needs of the nation’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender veterans since 1990, and advocating for full equal rights for our veterans and patriotic volunteers serving in our armed forces. AVER applauds the Obama Administration’s decision to stop defending the discriminatory Defense of Marriage ACT (DOMA).
AVER to offer Lifetime Membership to all vets 80 and over
ATLANTA – To commemorate the end of the United States military’s nearly ninety year policy of discrimination against gay, lesbian, and bisexual military service members, and to honor senior LGBT veterans for their many contributions to our great nation and our community, American Veterans for Equal Rights will institute free Lifetime Membership to all veterans age 80 and over. AVER wishes to grant this privilege to our LGBT seniors, a group which has often been undervalued by our community despite their struggles and sacrifices to forge the freedom that gay people experience today.
Donate to AVER for 2010 Tax Deduction
Today is the last possible day for 2010 tax-deductible donations. Our LGBT service members need their marriages to be federally recognized, they need fair housing protection, their spouses need employment protection, and so much more. Our LGBT veterans need VA medical care free from discrimination, the ability to apply for joint VA-backed mortgages, and so much more.
AVER is in this for the long haul, and we are all volunteers! This entry was posted in Newsflash on .