Biden pardons ex-service members convicted under repealed gay sex ban
The move will clear the way for convicted ex-services personnel to access benefits (AP)
US President Joe Biden has pardoned potentially thousands of former US service members convicted of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex.
Mr Biden said he is "righting an historic wrong" to clear the way for them to regain lost benefits.
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