New figures are offering a detailed look at the scope of decades of discrimination by the U.S. military against gay and lesbian service members, revealing that more than 29,000 individuals kicked out because of their sexuality were denied honorable discharges. There have long been estimates suggesting about 14,000 service members were separated from the military under "don't ask, don't tell," the policy that banned gay men and women from serving openly from 1994 to 2011. The military has never shared a detailed breakdown of how many individuals were denied honorable discharges during and before "don't ask, don't tell," when gays and lesbians were prohibited from serving at all. The new data, which the nonprofit legal services organization Legal Aid At Work obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request and shared with CBS News, covers the three decades from 1980 until the federal courts lifted the ban against gay and lesbian soldiers, sailors, and airmen in 2010. According to the data, 35,801 individuals received a discharge or separation because of real or perceived homosexuality, homosexual conduct, sexual perversion, or other LGBTQ+ related reason from the period October 1, 1980, to September 20, 2011.
Military Records Show That Over 29,000 LGBTQ+ US Troops Denied Honorable Discharge
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