THE SAN DIEGO LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER ANNOUNCES APPLICATION TO NOMINATE
2021 LGBT VETERANS
WALL OF HONOR IS NOW LIVE
 

Deadline to Submit Application is Saturday, July 31, 2021

MAY 25, 2021- SAN DIEGO - The San Diego LGBT Community Center announced today that the application to nominate inductees into the Benjamin F. Dillingham, III & Bridget Wilson LGBT Veterans Wall of Honor is now live and can be found here. The deadline to submit applications is Saturday, July 31, 2021. To learn about the application process, please visit The Center’s website:
https://thecentersd.org/about/wall-of-honor/lgbt-veteran-wall/
 
Nominees are eligible regardless of rank earned, branch of service, or component (Active, Reserve or National Guard) and may be living or deceased.
 
Criteria a veteran must meet in order to be nominated:

• Candidate must meet the definition of a veteran 
• Took the Oath of Enlistment or Oath of Office
• Embodies the Core Values of their respective service branch
• Copy of DD214 

The LGBT Veterans Wall of Honor recognizes LGBTQ veterans who served under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and transgender and nonbinary veterans, all with ties to San Diego. The idea for the Wall was conceived by City Commissioner Nicole Murray Ramirez, and was created with the generous support of veterans Benjamin F. Dillingham, III and Bridget Wilson. Thought to be the first of its kind to honor LGBT veterans, the Wall was unveiled at The Center November 10, 2011. By serving our country honorably, and with distinction, each veteran honored as part of this Wall of Honor has served as a role model for advancing equality for all. The LGBT Veterans Wall commemorates these veterans' lives in hopes that their courage, bravery and sacrifices will continue to inspire future generations.
  
The LGBT Veterans Wall of Honor Induction Ceremony takes place annually on the Thursday before Veterans Day, details on this year’s induction ceremony are still being planned.
 
For more information on The Center’s LGBT Veterans Wall of Honor please contact Lee A. Wilczek, Director of Communications and Marketing at 619.920.5174 or lwilczek@thecentersd.org.

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The San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center, Inc., (d.b.a., The Center) is one of the largest and most vibrant LGBTQ community centers in the nation. Functioning as the San Diego LGBTQ community’s anchor organization, The Center is led by an 14-member board of directors, employs more than 70 paid staff, and utilizes more than 1,200 community volunteers to achieve its twin goals of promoting LGBTQ health/wellness and human rights. The Center provides targeted programs and services to the full diversity of the San Diego LGBTQ community, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, nonbinary, immigrant, and HIV communities to the betterment of our entire San Diego region. Last year, The Center provided more than 87,000 direct service visits to San Diego community members, and through its events, activities, and advocacy, touched the lives of thousands more.

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