If you missed Monday’s opportunity to be photographed emerging from the closet — don’t cry: National Coming Out Week (Oct 7-15) activities continue through Friday! On Thursday, a series of talks ...

— Former Marine and Iraq war veteran Eric Alva says that the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy should be repealed. It “forces people to lie about who they are when they go to work everyday,” ...

Former Marine Staff Sgt. Eric Alva, a gay wounded veteran from San Antonio, today responded to Marine Commandant Gen. James F Amos’ comments on Tuesday suggesting that repealing “don’t ask don’t tell” ...

SAN ANTONIO – Just a few hours into the ground invasion of Iraq in March, 2003, Marine Staff Sgt. Eric Alva stepped on a land mine, giving him the dubious honor of being one of the first U.S. service ...

WASHINGTON — When President Bush stopped at the bedside of injured Marine Staff Sgt. Eric Alva in 2003 here, he was visiting one of the first Americans seriously wounded in the Iraq war. Alva’s right ...

Eric Alva, the first U.S. soldier injured in the Iraq War, will be a featured speaker at Dallas’ Black Tie Dinner, co-chair Deiadra Burns announced this week. He joins actor and activist Martin Sheen, ...

This is just one of countless stories of soldiers who are currently risking their lives and limbs for our sake: Staff Sgt. Eric Alva had no specialized skills, but he was a decorated staff sergeant ...

When the Current tracked down Eric Alva, he’d just returned from a skiing vacation. There’s nothing remarkable about that fact, until you consider that Alva’s right leg was amputated nearly six years ...