🚨 President Joe Biden has potentially pardoned thousands of former military service members who were convicted and discharged under the U.S. government's former bans on LGBTQ+ people serving.
“Today, I am righting a historic wrong by using my clemency authority to pardon many former service members who were convicted simply for being themselves,” Biden said in a statement.
Read more about the announcement below. ⬇️
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