Biden Pardons Queer Soldiers
Jun. 26th, 2024 06:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithBiden pardons veterans convicted by US military for gay sex
U.S. President Joe Biden issued a proclamation Wednesday that would pardon eligible military veterans convicted for consensual gay sex, which was illegal in the military prior to 2013.
The Biden administration believes that the pardon will affect thousands of former service members. Those who are eligible can request proof that their conviction was eradicated, get their discharge status changed and access benefits not received because of their conviction.
Good luck getting that to stick in today's society, but it's a grand effort regardless. Anyhow, pass the word to any queer veterans you know. Uncle Sam fucking owes them.
U.S. President Joe Biden issued a proclamation Wednesday that would pardon eligible military veterans convicted for consensual gay sex, which was illegal in the military prior to 2013.
The Biden administration believes that the pardon will affect thousands of former service members. Those who are eligible can request proof that their conviction was eradicated, get their discharge status changed and access benefits not received because of their conviction.
Good luck getting that to stick in today's society, but it's a grand effort regardless. Anyhow, pass the word to any queer veterans you know. Uncle Sam fucking owes them.
Re: wow!
Date: 2024-06-27 08:07 am (UTC)I think DADT was overturned earlier than that. I was still in the military, and I retired in 2011.
Re: wow!
Date: 2024-06-27 08:48 am (UTC)Also, thank you for your service.
Re: wow!
Date: 2024-06-27 09:42 am (UTC)Yes but Terramagne doesn’t actually exist.
Re: wow!
Date: 2024-06-27 12:34 pm (UTC)(smirk)
Re: wow!
Date: 2024-06-27 12:53 pm (UTC)Of course Wakanda is real. I’ve been there.
Re: wow!
Date: 2024-06-27 02:09 pm (UTC)Re: wow!
Date: 2024-06-27 06:44 pm (UTC)I've been to Terramagne. I bring back the most portable of what is best about it -- things that can be implemented here with extant materials. I suppose if I was an engineer I'd bring back different things. I can describe a lot more than I can construct personally though, sometimes well enough that someone skilled in a field can make it.
Where it gets really interesting is that my worldwalking seems to create a path. Once I've described a place thoroughly enough, it gets to where other people can visit the same place -- and notice things I knew about but have not described. If you watch the handful of other folks writing in my settings, you can spot examples of it.
Though I'd call it more impressive to get through Wakanda's truly epic shields, because the damn things cover every dimension. Nothing gets in without that key, or someone letting them in.
Re: wow!
Date: 2024-06-27 07:52 pm (UTC)Locks don’t hold an honest man.