Happy Veterans' Day

These words, in a small way, are our offering to the far too many service members and veterans who are unable to say it for themselves.

Today OpFree held its second annual "Silent but Visible" event on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in conjunction with the Veterans' Day ceremony. Thank you to everyone who came out to join us, as well as to those who were with us in pride.

The goal of this event was to thank ALL veterans, as well as to honor especially the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender service members and veterans whose voices and visibility may be lost in the implicit heteronormativity of such an event. To the estimated one million LGBT veterans we thank you deeply. It may yet be years away, but your service and presence will prove to be the foundation of inclusion within the military. Until then, we won't stop fighting for those who are feeling the effects of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.