Great news from the Pentagon today where Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta will announce an extension of some benefits to same-sex military couples later this week. 

Updated Saturday 3:20 p.m. PST

The Pentagon has released a statement following the uproar caused by their apparent ban on LGBT-related websites. 

See what Pentagon Press Secretary George Little has to say after the jump!

Updated Friday, 12:50 p.m. EST

Fort Bragg leadership has agreed to meet with Ashley Broadway after she was refused membership in a military spouse organization because her servicemember partner is a woman. The good news, after the break.

OutServe Magazine commemorates the upcoming one-year anniversary of the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" with an intimate interview with former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen.

What does Admiral Mullen now have to say about what went on behind-the-scenes in the months leading up to repeal? 

Some Republican members of Congress were less than thrilled by the Pentagon's deceision to give gay servicemembers a waiver allowing them to wear their military uniforms while marching in San Diego's LGBT Pride parade.

More after the jump.

The thinly veiled threats to countries that receive U.S. aid but don't meet our human rights standards—including LGBT rights—might amount to a real world consequence for Uganda, according to a Pentagon source. 

Today the Pentagon celebrated LGBT Pride Month.

No, they didn't raise a rainbow flag, or have Naval soldiers in sailor suits performing "YMCA" or "In The Navy," but they did take the time to respecfully honor and acknowledge the sacrifices of gay and lesbian servicemembers.

Check out a clip after the jump.

Though we didn't receive this gay flyer from a sweaty boy in red shorty shorts on the corner of Santa Monica and San Vicente in West Hollywood, we're still meeting it with a grin from ear to ear.

Last week we broke the news that the Pentagon would be celebrating its first ever Pride Month. This is one of the greatest images yet to come from post-DADT America, wouldn't you say?

That alone is deserving of its very own month of honor. 

Very cool news!

The Pentagon has announced plans to celebrate LGBT Pride month!

Quite the turnaround from last June when an openly gay soldier could lose their job (and 13,000 gay soldier did over the course of DADT).

More after the jump!

Late last week the Department of Defense released new details about expanding services from its Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program to the families of straight servicemembers while explicitly excluding American LGBT troops. But the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network won't this DADT-esque discrimination go away lightly. 

About damn time! Find out when and what still remains uncertain after the jump.

Updated Friday, 4:20 p.m. EST

On Friday afternoon the Pentagon issued a moratorium on enforcement of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and will begin accepting openly-gay troops, according to the Army Times, due to this week's ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Details, the Pentagon's memo, and the first trickle of responses from the community, after the jump.