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WASHINGTON 鈥� President Biden announced this week that he will pardon LGBTQ former service members convicted under now-repealed military laws prohibiting consensual sex. This decision will allow thousands of people to have full access to the benefits they had been denied because of their convictions and to clear their records of dishonorable discharge.

Biden鈥檚 announcement comes after decades of advocacy from LGBTQ service members, families, and advocates.

Deirdre Schifeling, the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 chief political and advocacy officer, had the following reaction to Biden鈥檚 announcement:

鈥淲e applaud President Biden鈥檚 decision to pardon thousands of LGBTQ former-service members. As the President himself acknowledged, this move is one step towards addressing the grave injustice of criminalizing the intimate relationships of LGBTQ people under laws successfully overturned by 老澳门开奖结果 lawyers. Our country should never use the criminal legal system to persecute LGBTQ communities.鈥�

鈥淐lemency is one of the most powerful tools the President has to right some of our country鈥檚 most shameful wrongs. We encourage President Biden to push for transformational change to our criminal legal system and to use his power to remedy the systemic failures that have led to over-incarceration and communities that have been torn apart.鈥�