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William ibler is no stranger to danger and con ict. e served as a ance Corporal in the .S. arine Corps in Beirut, ebanon, during the ebanese Civil War. e was stationed there when .S. service members died in a terrorist attack targeting the arine barracks the deadliest day in history for the arines since Iwo ima in World War II. ibler was not personally in the barracks at the time of the attack. he former ance Corporal has a clear reason why he served the Constitution and the ideals it represents to mericans and democracy everywhere. oday, he is presi7 dent of ay eterans S Inc., a nonprofit veterans organi ation that works to support the B veteran community. is remarks in this story re ect his personal beliefs and he is not speaking on behalf of the organi ation.

Every veteran took an oath to protect the Constitution and the Bill of ights, ibler told the Blade. ur oath does not have an e piration date, and every veteran that I know lives up to living with those standards. hose standards include protecting all mericans, regardless of race, ethnicity, re7 ligion, se uality, gender identity, or any other feature the rump administration has deemed woke. s resident rump began to militari e .S. cities under the guise of a crime emergency, ibler saw this as a direct threat not only to the Constitution, but to mericans everywhere.

It s a way of life for most veterans, to protect the Constitution, and when you go up against sending arines into or Chicago or ouston or wherever, you re violating your oath of enlistment, there s a difference, the self-described arine who happens to be gay, rather than a gay arine, e plained.

I did not enlist to be ordered to go against my fellow mericans or discredit the .S. Constitution, he wrote in a letter to eneral Eric . Smith, Commandant of the arine Corps, the highest-ranking arine. I did sign up to protect mericans .S. Constitu7 tion and Bill of ights, which is something that I am now doing as a eteran. e asks eneral Smith to rescind my title as S arine due to the consistent en7 gaging in hostile actions in os ngeles, as videos of ational uard units suppressing =03&%"&%0">#/3-"&9&<&93-18#09()&#&3#=%1/%,<882#4%;3-"&01&%#/3-&9-<%#&3#(3#:9018#3-#"3/918# media. ibler continues, telling eneral Smith Somewhere along the way you lost your onor. e finishes his re uest with another chilling statement ay I respectfully re7 mind you of the uremberg rials. rom now on, I will simply be referred to as ormer arine.

It s common to hear arines say, nce a arine, always a arine, because the title is considered lifelong and sacred. or someone to ask for their title earned after and a half years of service to be disavowed is telling. ibler s dissatisfaction with the recent changes in military attitudes e tends to the slew of anti-Diversity, E uity, and Inclusion DEI initiatives being pushed under rump s leadership programs designed to level the playing field for underrepresented com7 ;<-9&9%"#"%%69-(#A3B"#59&)9-#&)%#;989&102*#1-4#3-%"#&)1&*#/3-&0102#&3#'%("%&)>"#/819;"*# have never been used to hire un ualified people. ibler is not alone in feeling disappointed in the recent actions of the .S. military. ene ees de richt is a two-branch veteran and currently works as the Deputy Direc7 tor for ember Engagement at Common Defense, the country s largest veteran-led grassroots organi ation committed to promoting progressive ideals within the military. hreatening the obs of people who disagree with you threatens the neutrality of the military and the revered position it holds in our national discourse, she told the Blade. hey re taking a hammer to an institution that matters a lot to mericans. hat hammer being swung by egseth, ees de richt e plained, is having rippling effects on the military s determination and cohesion. She went on to say its impact has been catastrophic on morale.

I m in contact with a lot of trans service members and a lot of Black service mem7 bers, and they re all wondering what s going to happen to their obs, she said. he Secretary of Defense is sending the message that you re not welcome here. nd that s not ust wrong it s against the aspirations of the merica we talk about wanting to be. ees de richt e plained that the anti-DEI efforts the administration has pushed for7 ward are ignoring a crucial strength that helps make the .S. military one of the stron7 gest in the world. ur military has become as great as it has in part because it s embraced people from all walks of life to serve the country. Stripping away DEI is short-sighted and out

of step with what the merican people want, the Coast uard and avy vet said. DEI ;14%#9&#=3""9B8%#,30#<"#&3#"&%=#3<&"94%#3,#3<0"%8:%"#1-4#&)9-6#1B3<&#)35#3<0#14:%0"102# is thinking. aking the military less diverse will make us less capable, less resilient, and less intelligent. hat asset, which has become a liability at least in words under the rump admin7 istration will have lasting impacts, ees de richt highlighted, ones that could affect those offering their lives to protect the country and the Constitution.

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It s going to make the force weaker, more rigid, and more brittle he military is more than combat arms intelligence only works if we can get inside our adversary s head. DEI made that possible. ees de richt shared that while in the avy, there were some e icans who served alongside her to earn citi enship an action that, at its core, is about providing diverse and inclusive efforts within the military that helped her. lot of our work took us to South and Central merica on that ship, and having "3;%B342#3-#B3104#5)3#<-4%0"&334#&)%#81-(<1(%#1-4#5%0%#,1;98910#%-3<()#59&)#&)%# cultures made my e perience of those deployments significantly easier and it made me the person I am today, she e plained.

With every ounce of respect due to the ffice of the Secretary of Defense, the cur7 rent occupant of that office is dead wrong. his attack on identity within the military is not foreign for ees de richt or ibler.

Both e pressed deep frustration at the way discharges of B military personnel have historically been carried out.

We serve in different branches, but we re unified by one common factor we served honorably, and most of us have our honorable discharge, ibler said. Some of us are still fighting the system to get that honorable discharge because they were kicked out it s been so many years, and people are still fighting to get their upgrades. ees de richt is one of those people and has made it part of her personal mission to prevent this from happening again.

I was discharged from the Coast uard for being transgender in , and I m so sorry this is happening again. y life s work has been to try to stop this from happening to anybody else and it s happening again.

Despite the details surrounding her discharge from the military, ees de richt em7 phasi ed that while there might not seem like a light at the end of the tunnel, there are people everywhere attempting to light a path.

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iss a or riffin- racy, a nationally acclaimed organi er and activist for transgender people, the B community, se workers, and incarcerated people, died ct. at her home in ittle ock, rk. er passing was announced by the ittle ock-based riffin- racy Educational etreat and istorical Center, also known as ouse of gg, a transgender support and services center she founded in . iss a or known as ama to many was a Black, trans activist who fought for more than years for trans, gender nonconforming, and the B community, especially for Black trans women, trans women of color and those who have survived incarceration and police brutality, the statement announcing her passing says. a or s fierce commitment and intersectional approach to ustice brought her to care directly for people with I IDS in ew ork in the early s and later to drive San rancisco s first mobile needle e change, the statement says.

It adds, ouse of gg was born out of her dream to build a center that would empower, heal and be a safe haven for Black trans people and movement leaders in the Southern .S. a space for our community to take a break, swim, en oy good food, laugh, listen to music, watch movies, and recharge for the ongoing fight for our lives.

Wikipedia write up on riffin- racy says she was born and raised in Chicago and came out as trans in the late s. It says her parents were not accepting of her gender identity, prompting her to leave home at a young age and work for a while as a showgirl at the ewel Bo evue theater in Chicago before moving to ew ork.

In a interview with the Bay rea eporter, she said that after moving to ew ork in the s she became a regular patron of the Stonewall Inn gay bar, at which trans women were known to gather. She said she was there at the time of the police raid that triggered the Stonewall rebellion when patrons fought police in the historic action credited with starting the modern-day B rights movement. riffin- racy began work in community services, including services for trans women, after moving to San Diego in , according to the Wikipedia write-up, and later performed home health care work during the early years of the IDS epidemic in the s.

It says she moved to San rancisco in the s and worked with multiple I IDS organi ations, including the enderloin IDS esource Center. In , she began work at the San rancisco-based ransgender ender ariant Interse ustice ro ect I and later became e ecutive director of the organi ation. he organi ation provides support services for trans, gender variant, and interse people in prisons.

Shortly before traveling to Chicago in to attend the Democratic ational Convention as an honored guest of the ational B ask orce ction und, riffin- racy participated in an interview with the Washington Blade via oom from her home In ittle ock. mong other things, she told of her support for Democratic presidential candidate amala arris against Donald rump in the presidential election.

I plan on going to every place rump goes and speak to the tender loving people in those places and tell them what a liar he is and how insane he is and that they ust shouldn t vote for him, she told the Blade. mong those praising riffin- racy s work and lamenting her passing was David ohns, CE and e ecutive director of the D.C.-based B advocacy group ational Black ustice Collective. er pioneering work to center and uplift Black trans women, particularly those who have been incarcerated and faced police brutality, made space for the most powerful and most marginali ed members of our community and set the foundation for the freedom work so many of us continue today, ohns said in a statement. t a time when the rights and dignity of trans people are again under relentless attack, iss a or s life reminds us of what it means to persevere in the fight for e uality that all B same gender loving S people can live freely an authentically, ohns said in his statement. er spirit will continue to guide us as we fight for a world where every Black trans person can thrive and live a oy-filled life. n e cerpt from the Blade s ugust interview and profile of riffin- racy follows hose who are familiar with iss a or s brand of activism might be surprised by her work with the ask orce ction und, her appearance at the D C, and perhaps especially her commitment to criss-crossing the country to talk voters out of supporting Donald rump and into supporting ice resident amala arris s historic bid for the White ouse. s shown in a or the documentary about her life, and a memoir comprised of interviews with ournalist oshio eronek called iss a or Speaks Conversations with a Black rans evolutionary, the activist s foremost concerns have always been centered around providing for her trans brothers and sisters. er work on this front is never ending riffin- racy s assistant uriel arver gave the Blade a virtual tour of iss a or s property, which she has used as a refuge for trans folks who are free to stay and rela on the well-kept grounds, which are complete with a guest house and a pool.

Where she may have sidestepped electoral politics in the past, however, there is so much happening to whereby you had to get involved in it now, iss a or said. But before it was ust my community has suffered so bad for so long, so often, that you ve got to do something to help them navigate the bullshit that goes on in the world. his usually means ensuring that basic needs are met. nd I don t feel as if politics helps that, she said, because it s got to be people and the relationships you build and what you build together with another person that makes it better. iss a or added, I want things to be better for all of us. ou know, transgender and non transgender people. nd as society has begun to make space for those with non-cisgender identities, the backlash has been vicious. hey re so afraid of opening up to us, she said.

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When it comes to political candidates, she said, s an ordinary person, you know, I m concerned about food and gas and clothing and shit like that. nd, you know, who else cares about this I need to know the person who s in charge cares and is going to do something to alleviate the stress on me to get it.

By the time resident oe Biden announced his decision to step aside on uly well before that pivotal moment, arver stressed iss a or and the ask orce ction und were ready to spring into action.

It was uite a service act that he did for the country, iss a or said. Because I really believe that he could have gone further, but he ust didn t have what it took. nd so when he stepped out and made her the nominee, he invigorated, and he poured such oy to this country, and hope, and belief that it can be done, that rump can be stopped. s we all heard about the potential for Biden stepping down and putting aside his personal and political interests for the sake of democracy, which is a pretty historical and brave thing, we all wanted to be ready to respond to what would happen, ask orce ction und Communications Director Cathy enna told the Blade by phone.

Issuing a oint endorsement of arris was historic for both iss a or and the ask orce ction und, enna said. We have not endorsed anyone since immy Carter, which was shortly after our founding, right So, we re talking about almost years ago.

We wanted a bold choice, she said, and we also understand what s at stake in this election. iss a or sees the contrast between the two candidates as clear and compelling the difference between sanity and insanity, competence and chaos. Do you want someone who lies to you r do you what someone who tells the truth rump spreads filth and disorder like the character from Charles . Schul s eanuts comic strip who is perpetually surrounded by a cloud of dust and detritus, she said. arris, on the other hand, represents the future. She s breaking the ceiling. here s a glass ceiling. nd when she breaks through, she s gonna go on, iss a or said. nd after this, something like s of s of people are gonna go through that, too. It s ust going to be phenomenal. !"#$%&'()#*$+,-.*+/(.'$%01'*2+'(+'#%&+$*)($'34

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Emir amim bin amad l hani on onday signed his year, we will celebrate with e uberance know4 the ceasefire agreement in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. ing that a ceasefire is holding, and that the captives rump earlier in the day spoke at the Israeli nesset have been redeemed. We will also hold within us in erusalem. the grief that we feel for Israelis and alestinians his is the historic dawn of a new iddle East, who died on that day and since. With these swirling said rump in his nesset speech. emotions, we offer thanks to the peacemakers and $!:;<=>?!@AB!C>D:=@E!@B!,FGH);A>IG!$>A:IAB!>G!787J6!CFK@GCD!BLF!AF=F@DF!IM! BLF!LIDB@NFD!OLI!AFK@>GFC!>G!BLF!)@P@!%BA>:0!!Q,=@CF!:LIBI!<E!2>?L@F=!R0!-@SFADT he ceasefire and its implementation remains to the ne who makes peace on high. We pray that tenuous, but one Israeli B activist with whom peace will reign in the region, and that those who the Washington Blade spoke on onday celebrated the hostages return. have endured so much will find healing and hope.

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