President Joe Biden is offering a pardon to military veterans convicted under a now-revoked law that banned homosexuality in the United States armed forces.
Biden announced in a statement issued on Wednesday that his act of clemency was “righting an historic wrong”. The pardon could offer thousands of former military personnel court-martialled under laws making gay sex between consenting adults a crime.
“Despite their courage and great sacrifice, thousands of LGBTQI+ service members were forced out of the military because of their sexual orientation or gender identity,” the statement read. Some of these patriotic Americans were subject to court-martial, and have carried the burden of this great injustice for decades,” Biden said in a statement.
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