Pentagon reaches historic settlement with veterans discharged under ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
LGBTQ+ veterans who faced discrimination under policy can update paperwork to remove mention of their sexuality
The Department of Defense reached a historic settlement with more than 30,000 LGBTQ+ veterans who were discharged under the controversial “don’t ask, don’t tell” (DADT) policy, which allowed LGBTQ+ members to serve only if they concealed their sexuality.
As a part of the settlement, those discharged under DADT or similarly discriminatory policies will be able to easily update their paperwork to remove mention of their sexuality. Previously, veterans who wanted to update their discharge papers had to undergo a complicated, years-long legal process that “most veterans just didn’t want to put themselves through”, said Jocelyn Larkin, one of the lawyers who represented the class-action group.
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