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    Heather Yang, president of The American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER) Chicago Chapter presents the welcome. Photo by Hal Baim
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    Ben Sauceda, treasurer and Vice President of The American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER) Chicago Chapter speaks to the group. Photo by Hal Baim
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    The Happy Warrior Award is presented to speaker Tatyana Moaton, center, by treasurer VP Ben Sauceda and chapter president Heather Yang. Photo by Hal Baim
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    The group stands for performance of America the Beautiful by Dean Ogren. Photo by Hal Baim
Tatyana Moaton, a former U.S. Army intelligence analyst, was keynote speaker at the The American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER) Chicago Chapter’s 27th annual LGBTQ Veterans Day Dinner held at Ann Sathers on Belmont. Moaton was formerly with Howard Brown Center. She is now Senior Capacity Building Specialist at San Francisco Community Health Center. She spoke of her time in the military and her advocacy work as an openly transgender veteran

Heather Yang, president of The American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER) Chicago Chapter and Ben Sauceda, treasurer and Vice President, welcomed the group and kicked off the evening.

The Happy Warrior Award was presented to Moaton by Yang and Sauceda. The evening closed with all standing for a performance of America the Beautiful by Dean Ogren.

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