William G. Kibler

GayVeteransUS-Inc. is a grassroots based, non-profit, charitable organization in the State of Tennessee with a 501(c)(3) private foundation status, allowing you to deduct donations as charitable contributions on your tax filings. We are run by veteran volunteers, so our expenses are extremely low - no rent, no payroll, nothing fancy. Each year we will file a publicly-available Form 1099 with the IRS allowing you to see how money is spent. We do have expenses - advertising, maintaining the community websites, keeping them up-to-date, adding new features, web server hosting fees, domain name renewals, administrative costs, and postage - so we depend on your financial support.

GayVeteransUS-Inc. is founded and maintained by Bill Kibler, who is a 100% hearing impaired, disabled, and retired from the Nashville VA Hospital after 11.5 years of service. A US Marine Beirut Veteran who served with the Multinational Peacekeeping Force, Beirut, Lebanon from late 1982 to early months of 1983. He was not there for the terrorist bombing on Oct. 23, 1983.

He maintained the Journals Program website and InPress server for the American Psychological Association for 13.5 years. He's also done community service work helping such people as Broadway's own Steve Schalchlin, Jon and Michael Galluccio, (the gay couple who sued NJ for the right to jointly adopt children), Got Felipe Rose started online (the Indian for the Village People), and the DC Metropolitan Police Dept. Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU). He worked on Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal for 12 years and was at the DADT Repeal Law signing ceremony, Dec. 22, 2010.

Bill is no stranger to online communities, dating back to the mid 1980s running a computer bulletin board system (BBS). He later went on to internet relay chat (IRC), progressed to creating HTML sites like GayNYC.Net, GayNJ.Net, and GayDC.Net. He's now retired living just outside Nashville, TN.