1.0Lambda Legalhttps://lambdalegal.orgJenna Butzhttps://lambdalegal.org/author/jbutz/Lambda Legal Celebrates Biden Administration’s Decision to Abandon Appeal of Court Order Striking Down Discriminatory Restrictions on Service Members Living with HIV and Welcomes Pentagon’s Policy Changerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="vgTx0QO3x6"><a href="https://lambdalegal.org/newsroom/austin_us_20220608_ll-celebrates-biden-admins-decision-to-abandon-appeal-of-court-order/">Lambda Legal Celebrates Biden Administration’s Decision to Abandon Appeal of Court Order Striking Down Discriminatory Restrictions on Service Members Living with HIV and Welcomes Pentagon’s Policy Change</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://lambdalegal.org/newsroom/austin_us_20220608_ll-celebrates-biden-admins-decision-to-abandon-appeal-of-court-order/embed/#?secret=vgTx0QO3x6" width="600" height="338" title="“Lambda Legal Celebrates Biden Administration’s Decision to Abandon Appeal of Court Order Striking Down Discriminatory Restrictions on Service Members Living with HIV and Welcomes Pentagon’s Policy Change” — Lambda Legal" data-secret="vgTx0QO3x6" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Lambda Legal celebrates the Biden administration’s announcement yesterday that it will no longer defend discriminatory restrictions that prevented service members living with HIV from deploying and commissioning as officers in the U.S. military. Instead of appealing the decision of the district court declaring these restrictions unconstitutional, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III has issued a memorandum outlining changes to...