'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' which allowed gay people to serve in the U.S. military if they remained closeted, has been repealed for over a decade, but many of those whose careers were ended by the policy are still missing out on honorable discharge status.
— which allowed gay people to serve in the U.S. military, so long as they remained closeted — has been repealed for over a decade, but many of those whose military careers were ended by the policy are still missing out on honorable discharge status and benefits, a CBS News investigation has found.
"In order to be able to move forward and embrace the future, you can't just push the past aside." Part of the challenge in identifying service members who were wrongly dismissed is that in some cases they were hit with other infractions, even though the driving motivation behind their dismissal may have been their sexual orientation. Former Air Force Captain Andrew Espinosa has spent 30 years fighting what he believes was a conviction fueled by homophobia.
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