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ABC News(HUBBARDSTON, Mass.) -- For former Navy sailor Annie Reyes, seeing the words on paper still stings: "Reason for discharge: homosexual conduct." "We were in Bahrain in the middle of the ocean, and theyre like, This is the perfect time to kick someone out for being gay," Reyes, 40, said of her 2009 dismissal from the USS Bataan under the Dont Ask, Dont Tell policy. "Even right now, I dont qualify to get my full benefits because I didnt get a chance to serve the fou...

For former Navy sailor Annie Reyes, seeing the words on paper still stings: "Reason for discharge: homosexual conduct." "We were in Bahrain in the middle of the ocean, and they're like, 'This is the perfect time to kick someone out for being gay,'" Reyes, 40, said of her 2009 dismissal from the USS Bataan under the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. More than a decade after Congress ended the military's ban on gay service members, Reyes and thousands ...

ABC News(HUBBARDSTON, Mass.) -- For former Navy sailor Annie Reyes, seeing the words on paper still stings: "Reason for discharge: homosexual conduct." "We were in Bahrain in the middle of the ocean, and they're like, 'This is the perfect time to kick...

ABC News(HUBBARDSTON, Mass.) -- For former Navy sailor Annie Reyes, seeing the words on paper still stings: "Reason for discharge: homosexual conduct." "We were

(HUBBARDSTON, Mass.) -- For former Navy sailor Annie Reyes, seeing the words on paper still stings: "Reason for discharge: homosexual conduct." "We were in Bahrain in the middle of the ocean, and they're like, 'This is the perfect time to kick someone out for being gay,'" Reyes, 40, said of her 2009 dismissal from the

Thousands of LGBTQ+ veterans ejected over their sexuality are still owed benefits.

29 Apr 2021 A federal court has approved a settlement in a lawsuit that requires the U.S. Army to review thousands of other-than-honorable discharges issued in the past decade to soldiers with mental health conditions or traumatic brain injuries. Judge Charles Haight, with the U.S. District Court of Connecticut, approved the agreement Monday in the class-action suit formerly known as Kennedy v. McCarthy, which charged that the service wrongly discharged troops who engaged in misconduct but whos...