Pentagon reaches historic settlement with LGBTQ veterans over discharge status
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Source: NBC Out
The Defense Department agreed to a class-action settlement that may affect more than 35,000 LGBTQ veterans who were discharged because of their sexual orientation under “don’t ask, don’t tell” and similar earlier policies.
The agreement will allow veterans who received a less than honorable discharge because of their sexual orientation to be eligible for an immediate review and an upgrade to an honorable discharge. Veterans who received an honorable discharge but whose military discharge form, known as a DD-214, states that they separated from the military because of sexual orientation will now be able to have that characterization removed from the form in a matter of months.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/pentagon-reaches-historic-settlement-lgbtq-veterans-discharge-status-rcna186650
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