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Biden pardons potentially thousands of ex-service members convicted under now-repealed gay sex ban

Thousands of LGBTQI+ military members were discharged due to sexual orientation or gender identity, facing court-martial injustices spanning decades, per Biden.
Biden's gesture aims to align military values with national ideals, ensuring cultural reflection in the Armed Forces.
The pardon focuses on overturning Article 125 of the Code of Military Justice, active from 1951 to 2013 under Congress.

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BBC News

Biden pardons veterans convicted under military ban on gay sex

The announcement, which came during Pride month, will affect thousands of veterans.

6 days ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Biden pardons thousands of US veterans convicted under law banning gay sex

President corrects ‘great injustice’ with clemency for military personnel ‘convicted simply for being themselves’

6 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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CTV News

Biden pardons potentially thousands of ex-service members convicted under now-repealed gay sex ban

U.S. President Joe Biden pardoned potentially thousands of former U.S. service members convicted of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex, saying Wednesday that he is “righting an historic wrong" to clear the way for them to regain lost benefits.

6 days ago·Canada

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The Independent

Joe Biden pardons thousands of veterans convicted under military ban on gay sex

US president Joe Biden has pardoned what could be thousands of veterans who were convicted under a military law that banned consensual gay sex, saying he is using his clemency authority to right “a historic wrong”.

6 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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CBC News

Biden pardons U.S. veterans convicted of having consensual gay sex

U.S. President Joe Biden has pardoned potentially thousands of former U.S. service members convicted of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex, saying Wednesday that he is “righting an historic wrong" to clear the way for them to regain lost benefits.

5 days ago·Canada

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Associated Press News

Biden pardons potentially thousands of ex-service members convicted under now-repealed gay sex ban

President Joe Biden is pardoning potentially thousands of former U.S. service members convicted of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex. The president says he is “righting an historic wrong” to clear the way for these service members to regain lost benefits. Biden’s action grants a pardon to those who were convicted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice’s former Article 125, which criminalized sodomy. The law had been

6 days ago·United States

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