Senator Blumenthal Proposes Commission to Study Decades of LGBTQ+ Discrimination in the Military
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Multiple high-ranking members of Congress reintroduced the Commission on Equity and Reconciliation in the Uniformed Services Act, aiming to establish a commission to investigate discriminatory policies targeting LGBTQ military members from WWII to the present.
The Commission on Equity and Reconciliation in the Uniformed Services Act would create a 15-person commission to study past DOD actions policing sexual orientation and gender identity. The report would include suggestions on how the government may offer an official apology.
Rep. Mark Takano proposed the Commission on Equity and Reconciliation in the Uniformed Services Act to study the impacts of discriminatory policies on queer and non-queer military members. The commission would hold hearings on the physical, mental, and financial toll of these policies.
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Commission on Equity and Reconciliation in the Uniformed Services Act
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