‘This Is Not The Military I Gave My Life For’: LGBTQ Veterans Respond To Hegseth
October 16, 2025•
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Watermark OUT News reports that as Pete Hegseth, the Defense Secretary, stood on a stage two weeks ago and delivered his now-infamous speech on the military’s new “war on woke” to hundreds of silent, high-ranking military officials, LGBTQ veterans heard what he said loud and clear: This is not the military I gave my life for, and he doesn’t care.
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