ASSOCIATED PRESS News of a Pentagon lawsuit filed on behalf of two HIV-positive airmen rankled LGBTQ rights advocates this week. Two U.S. airmen are suing Defense Secretary Jim Mattis over what they describe as an “unconstitutional and improper” discharge because of their HIV status. The suit, filed by Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN on the airmen’s behalf, was outlined in a bombshell Washington Post report Wednesday. Still, Roe and Voe say they received discharge orders days before Thanksgiving, as HIV-positive personnel are banned from deploying to the Middle East, where many Air Force members tend to go. #gotyoursixhttps://t.co/ZcP01APwvM — OutServe-SLDN (@OutServeSLDN) December 19, 2018

Source: Huffington Post December 20, 2018 21:10 UTC