Rhode Island’s governor signed legislation making it easier for veterans to get state and local benefits if they were discharged from the military solely due to their sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. - NBCOUT
Between World War II and the 2011 repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell," approximately 100,000 gay service members were less-than-honorably discharged.Nov. 11, 2019, 9:46 PM UTCRhode Island’s governor has ceremoniously signed legislation making it easier for veterans to get their state and local benefits if they were discharged from the military solely due to their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
"In the state of Rhode Island, if you're a veteran who's served, you oughta be eligible for veterans benefits that the state provides," Gov. Gina Raimondo, a Democrat,The bill, officially signed into law in June, will provide these veterans with a streamlined process to upgrade their discharge status to “honorable,” which in turn will permit them to receive state and local veteran benefits such as certain tax exemptions and tuition assistance.
“Far too many veterans have been discharged, shamed and left without the benefits they earned because of decades of a dehumanizing policy that said they couldn’t serve,” Rhode Island Sen. Dawn Euer, one of the bill’s sponsors, . “They deserved gratitude and honor, and we should be doing everything we can to ensure that these wrongs are righted and that they get the respect they deserve.”
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