LGBTQ veterans reach historic settlement with Pentagon over military discharges

Pentagon settles with LGBTQ veterans discharged under discriminatory policies

The Defense Department has reached a settlement with veterans who were discharged under discriminatory policies like 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'

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of their sexual orientation under previous anti-gay military policies, including “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which was repealed nearly 14 years ago.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Don't Ask, Don't Tell, a policy which barred openly gay people from serving in the military, was repealed in 2011.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.

Pentagon reaches historic agreement with LGBTQ+ veterans

The Pentagon has reached a historic settlement with more than 30,000 LGBTQ+ veterans who were dismissed under the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. They will now be able to update their military records easily. The policy, which was introduced by president Bill Clinton in 1994, meant that LGBTQ+ people could only serve in the military if they kept their sexual orientation secret. As a result, many were discriminated against, forced out of the armed …

US gay veterans may get justice: 30,000 discharged under ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ could see records cleared

WASHINGTON, Jan 7 — The US Department of Defence will consider granting honourable discharges to more than 30,000 gay and bisexual veterans who were barred from serving in the military because of their sexual orientation, legal filings showed on Monday. Honourable discharges could make the veterans eligible for medical and other benefits. The department and five plaintiffs jointly moved for approval of a settlement that would end a 2023 proposed…

Pentagon Agrees to Settle 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Lawsuit