Spectrum Council
The Spectrum Council is the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's "support network for Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, and Questioning (LGBQ) cadets."[1]
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Dinner
Coast Guard Master Chief Petty Officer Lisa Starliper speaks to cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Sept. 24, 2012, during a special dinner commemorating the one year anniversary of the repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. Since the repeal of DADT, the academy has stood up the Spectrum Council, one of six diversity councils under the USCGA Office of Inclusion and Diversity. This cadet-led group promotes the acceptance of LGBQ cadets and education of the corps regarding sexual orientation issues. It was the first group of its kind at a federal service academy. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cory J. Mendenhall The Spectrum Council [2]
Royce W. James
CDR Royce W. James, a member of the Black Lives of Unitarian Universalist[3] serves as an advisor for the Genesis Council & Spectrum Council (Coast Guard Academy’s Black and Gay Student Unions) and the Science Department Diversity & Inclusion Officer.
He was a member of the team that was instrumental in the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and more recently worked to facilitate the military's change in policy to allow transgendered persons to openly serve.