{"id":73939,"date":"2022-09-18T18:41:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T18:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/09\/18\/california-enacts-law-to-help-lgbtq-military-veterans\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:22:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:22:04","slug":"california-enacts-law-to-help-lgbtq-military-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/veterans\/2022\/09\/18\/california-enacts-law-to-help-lgbtq-military-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"California enacts law to help LGBTQ military veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/03\/29\/california-eyes-predatory-car-sales-safeguard-for-military\/\" target=\"_blank\">new law in California<\/a> will help military service members who were discharged under \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/09\/26\/10-years-after-dont-ask-dont-tell-cadets-see-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\">don\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell<\/a>\u201d policies because of their sexual or gender identities to reestablish their eligibility for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2021\/09\/17\/lgbt-vets-with-other-than-honorable-discharges-will-get-va-benefits-under-new-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Veterans Affairs benefits<\/a>, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor decades, our bravest heroes, men and women who wore the uniforms of the armed services had to hide who they really were, and many were other than honorably discharged if their sexuality was discovered,\u201d Newsom said in a statement after announcing he had signed the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/09\/17\/lgbt-vets-with-other-than-honorable-discharges-will-get-va-benefits-under-new-plan\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5011128.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">LGBT vets with other than honorable discharges will get VA benefits under new plan<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Department officials will announce the plan on Monday, which includes a review of service records to see if individuals&#039; eligibility for benefits should be approved.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gays and lesbians were banned in the military until the 1993 approval of \u201cdon\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell,\u201d which allowed them to serve only if they did not openly acknowledge their sexual orientation. Rather than helping, advocates say, the policy created more problems. In its entire history, the military dismissed more than 100,000 service members based on their sexual or gender identities \u2014 14,000 of them during \u201cdon\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Repeal of the law was approved by Congress and then President Barack Obama in late 2010 and took effect nine months later, allowing lesbian, gay and bisexual people to serve openly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Defense subsequently created a path for veterans who had been discharged under the policy to receive the full range of veterans\u2019 benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut many veterans sadly don\u2019t know or can\u2019t even access this important process,\u201d Newsom said, adding that some veterans trying to reclaim benefits have had to hire expensive legal counsel and other assistance to navigate the process. \u201cWe\u2019re taking steps to fix this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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