Saturday, June 14, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO — Organizers of San Francisco have banned the National Guard from participating in this year's festival in response to the military's ban on openly transgender service members, and instead will celebrate a controversial transgender Army private who leaked military secrets as their honorary grand marshal.
The board of the San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee rejected a request from the Guard to set up an informational booth at Civic Center Plaza during Pride Weekend, reports CBS.
The military's current ban on transgender service members serving openly, minority recruitment tactics, and sexual assault scandals were factors in the board's decision, said Pride Executive Director George Ridgely.
More:
http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2014/06/sf-pride-to-honor-chelsea-manning-ban-national-guard-over-transgender-policy/
