Tue Jul 23, 2013 at 04:00 PM PDT
Transgender Chapter leaves OutServe-SLDN, helps form new organization: SPART*A
by rserven
www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/23/1225972/-Transgender-Chapter-leaves-OutServe-SLDN-helps-form-new-organization-SPART-ABack in June I wrote a piece covering the background of the goings on at OutServe-SLDN. More has gone on since then, with the "resignation" of Allyson Robinson as Executive Director on July 12, the resignation of Josh Seefried as co-Chair of the board on July 8, and the closing of the organization's Wahington office effective July 31 after the declaration that the organization is bankrupt.
The organization did claim that it will continue to exist and offer services in a statement on July 10, a portion of which is included on the inside.
On July 22 a group of transgender veterans and service members announced they were leaving the embattled organization to join a new group that is more explicitly focused on working toward open military service by transgender people.
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The new group is Service Members, Partners, Allies for Respect and Tolerance for All (SPART*A). The website is still under construction. The group has a Facebook presence here and is on Twitter.
