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by Cullen Peele •
This morning, President Biden issued a pardon of LGBTQ+ soldiers wrongfully discharged over a 60-year period under a military policy that banned same-sex intimacy. For decades, LGBTQ+ service members were targeted for discharge based on how they identify and who they love. That practice finally changed with the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in 2010 and the 2013 revisions to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Today’s move will restore benefits to potentially thousands of former service members.
HRC President Kelley Robinson issued the following statement:
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