Veterans dismissed over ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy given honorable discharges
US policy in effect from 1994 to 2011 removed thousands of LGBTQ+ service members, many less than honorablyNearly all US service members who were forcibly separated from the military when the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy was in place have now been honorably discharged, defense department officials announced on Tuesday.The policy, which went into effect on 28 February 1994 during then president Bill Clinton’s administration, barred service members from being openly gay, lesbian or bisexual – otherwise legally defined as those with “a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts”. Under the policy, other service members were also not allowed to ask each other about their sexual orientation. Continue reading...
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