LGBTQ veterans reach historic settlement with Pentagon over military discharges
- Thousands of LGBTQ+ US military veterans may access more benefits due to a proposed legal settlement with the Pentagon regarding discharges under the 'Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell' policy.
- The plaintiffs announced that they 'have reached a historic settlement agreement' in their lawsuit against the DOD.
- The settlement allows veterans to request the removal of 'discriminatory sexual orientation indicators' from their files without a formal board process.
- The Pentagon began a proactive outreach campaign in September 2023 to assist eligible veterans in updating their records.
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The United States Department of Defense reached an extensive agreement with tens of thousands of people who were dismissed from military service because of their sexual orientation, paving the way for veterans to improve their dismissal status and receive a range of benefits that were denied to them. Read more (01/07/2025)
Pentagon reaches settlement with gay and lesbian veterans to update military discharges
The Pentagon agreed Monday to a legal settlement with thousands of gay and lesbian veterans who were dismissed from military service without honorable discharges because of their sexual orientation. The post Pentagon reaches settlement with gay and lesbian veterans to update military discharges appeared first on CatholicVote org.
Nice Time! Pentagon Finally To Fix Records Of Vets Dishonorably Discharged For Gay!
Some World War II recruitment postersAfter years of legal wrangling, the Pentagon has finally reached a legal settlement in a 2023 civil rights lawsuit on behalf of 35,801 LGBTQ military veterans who were dismissed because of their sexual orientation under previous anti-gay military policies, including “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which was repealed nearly 14 years ago. All the vets had been asking for was to streamline the process of updating and r…
Pentagon Settles Suit Seeking to Clear Records of Service Members Discharged for Being LGBTQ
Don't Ask, Don't Tell, a policy which barred openly gay people from serving in the military, was repealed in 2011. But the government engaged in ongoing disparate treatment of LGBTQ+ veterans because their discharge papers sometimes cite separation codes that list homosexuality or "sexual perversion," the suit claimed.
The U.S. Department of Defense is considering granting honorary discharge to more than 30,000 LGBT military veterans who were barred from serving in the military between 1993 and 2011.
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