Joe Biden pardons thousands of veterans convicted under military ban on gay sex

US president Joe Biden. Photo: Reuters

Amelia Neath
© UK Independent

US president Joe Biden has pardoned what could be thousands of veterans who were convicted under a military law that banned consensual gay sex, saying he is using his clemency authority to right “a historic wrong”.

Service members endured more than 60 years of this law, which was put in place in 1951 under the Uniform Code of Military Justice in article 125. It criminalised sodomy, including between consenting adults.