Monthly Archives: May 2014

“Be Safe I Love You” Highlights Struggle of Female Vet Returning Home

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In our most revered war literature, female soldiers are often nowhere to be found. A new novel tells a war story from a female perspective.

“Be Safe I Love You” by Cara Hoffman examines a topic still largely untouched in fiction– the struggles female soldiers face upon returning home from war. The story follows Lauren Clay, an Iraq war veteran who returns to her home in upstate New York haunted by her experience in the U.S. military. It’s an important new take on traditional, male dominated war literature.

 

You can read a review of “Be Safe I Love You” in the New York Times Sunday Book Review this weekend.

Hagel Calls for Review of Military Transgender Ban

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said that the country’s ban on transgender individuals serving in the U.S. military “continually should be reviewed.” Though Hagel did not explicitly state whether he thinks the policy should be eliminated, he did say that any person qualified to join the military should be allowed to do so.

Congress passed a repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in 2010. Guaranteeing that transgender individuals can serve could be the next frontier of LGBTQ equal opportunity in the U.S. military.

Hagel’s remarks were applauded by LGBTQ advocacy groups, including the National Center for Transgender Equality.

You can read more about Hagel’s remarks on Fox.