After a suicide bomber in Afghanistan killed Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Donna Johnson on Oct. 1, 2012, her wife and fellow guardswoman Tracy Dice Johnson was left in the dark as to whether or not the U.S. military would recognize their marriage and grant her the same benefits to which heterosexual married couples are entitled.
LGBT organizations who seek immigration equality (Immigration Equality, The DOMA Project and Advocacy at the Latin American Coalition) and those who are part of a binational LGBTQ household continue to strive for change even after the decade-long battle for inclusion and access to green cards for their spouses appear to be over.
