{"id":145580,"date":"2023-08-10T08:15:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T12:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=145580"},"modified":"2023-08-09T18:27:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T22:27:39","slug":"lgbtq-veterans-file-suit-against-the-pentagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=145580","title":{"rendered":"LGBTQ veterans file suit against the Pentagon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pride<\/a><\/p>\n

With the lifting of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, individuals were allowed to continue serving or to begin service despite their sexual orientation. Now that these individuals are receiving discharges that reflect their service, LGBTQ veterans who were discharged for their sexual orientation before the lifting are calling for a change. Many received less than honorable discharges but want to upgrade their discharges to that of honorable.<\/p>\n

From CBS News:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

“Requiring LGBTQ+ veterans to first bear the stigma and discriminatory effects of carrying indicators of sexual orientation on their [discharge papers] and then navigate a broken record correction process to seek resolution violates their constitutional rights to equal protection, informational privacy, property, and due process protected by the Fourteenth and Fifth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution,” the suit says.<\/p>\n

It’s been more than a decade since the military lifted its longstanding ban on gay and lesbian troops. But thousands of those discharged under past discriminatory policies like “don’t ask, don’t tell” are still carrying less than honorable discharges today, depriving them of the full spectrum of benefits including VA loan programs, college tuition assistance, health care and some jobs.<\/p>\n

Over the past six months, a CBS News investigation documented the Pentagon’s long-running failure to restore honor to the service records of thousands of veterans who were deprived of veterans benefits after their military careers were cut short. The reports documented the way these veterans’ often traumatic separation from the military shaped the course of their lives.<\/p>\n

A Pentagon spokesperson told CBS News the department does not comment on pending litigation, but in an earlier statement said that the military has an existing process consisting of a short two-page application for veterans seeking a change to their discharge. The department said “legal representation is not required to apply for a discharge review” and that the discharge review boards “continue to strive to finalize 90% of all cases within 10 months as required by statute.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

CBS News provides the balance of the story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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