This is interesting -- news that for obvious reasons can't be too specific -- since Outserve is made up of currently serving gay and lesbian service members. (Outserve):
OutServe, an organization of gay and lesbian military personnel, announced Monday the creation of several base and regional chapters around the globe. At least ten will be organized by OutServe this week on military bases and regions where the organization has significant presence, including Afghanistan and Iraq. For safety reasons the exact location of the chapters will not be known, except for inside the exclusive network, but 5 chapters will be located overseas and 5 chapters will be located stateside. Although the demand to establish additional chapters is high, OutServe will start with ten this week and expand in the near future. For information on the group go to www.outserve.orgThe goal of each base and regional chapter will be to provide information, resources and social support to actively serving military personnel. "Don't Ask Don't Tell" places an immense burden upon individuals who think they are alone at their base and these networks will seek to fix that. Each chapter will be charged with growing and expanding their networks and offering support in their specific areas. OutServe Headquarters will be tasked with supporting those networks and serving as the voice of the national organization.
"We need to start to empower local military networks to expand and unite them under one banner," said JD Smith, OutServe's co-director and active duty officer in the U.S. Armed Forces. He continued, "Informal networks of gay and lesbian military members have existed well before World War I and it's time to take those networks and start connecting them and giving them more resources."
Under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" it can be difficult for LGBT military personnel to network with one another. "Our goal is to create an OutServe-based information superhighway where we can help LGBT military personnel connect with one another both locally and globally more efficiently," stated Ty Walrod, OutServe's co-director. "We want military personnel to know commands that are friendly, commanders which should be addressed with caution, and where to turn for both friendship and support."
Picture above is a genetic picture of soldiers. Not necessarily of gay Soldiers
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