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Pentagon Reaches Historic Settlement with LGBTQ+ Vets Dismissed Under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

HeadlineJan 07, 2025

The Pentagon has reached a historic settlement with some 35,000 LGBTQ veterans who were dismissed under the discriminatory “don’t ask, don’t tell” or similar policies, which forced military members to remain in the closet. Under the settlement, the discharge records of those affected will be restored from “less than honorable” to “honorable,” granting them access to veterans services and benefits they’d previously been denied. “Don’t ask, don’t tell” was repealed in 2011.

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