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Federal Judge Blocks Dismissal of HIV-Positive Airmen

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Reuters

A federal judge in Virginia has temporarily blocked the Department of Defense from discharging two HIV-positive members of the Air Force, siding with LGBT advocacy groups Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN. As The Daily Beast noted last September, longstanding military policy bans HIV-positive people from enlisting in the armed forces and prevents most current service members who receive an HIV diagnosis after enlistment from deploying overseas.  Read More

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