Trump Admin Begins Firing HIV-Positive Service Members Before the Holidays

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https://hillreporter.com/trump-admin-begins-firing-hiv-positive-service-members-before-the-holidays-18707

The Trump administration has apparently begun sending discharge orders to multiple members of the United States Air Force just days before Christmas.

According to Lambda Legal, who has teamed with OutServe-SLDN and Winston & Strawn to file a lawsuit on the behalf of these individuals, the plaintiffs were found to be “unfit for continued military service,” for the mere fact that they had HIV.

“It’s disgusting that the Trump administration is sending some men and women in uniform home for the holidays without jobs simply because of their HIV status,” said Scott Schoettes, Counsel and HIV Project Director at Lambda Legal. “These decisions should be based on science, not stigma. Lambda Legal is suing to stop these separations and will not stop fighting until President Trump understands that there’s not a job in the world a person living with HIV cannot safely perform, including the job of soldier.”

The lawsuit, Roe and Voe v. Mattis, has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, anonymously in order to protect the plaintiffs’ identities.

[Gothmog]

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