The Pentagon on Monday reached a legal settlement with more than 35,000 LGBTQ veterans for failing to grant them honorable discharges after they were barred from serving because of their sexual orientation, reported CBS News.

The settlement must still receive approval from a federal judge.

The Department of Defense in June asked to dismiss the lawsuit, claiming the proposed class action could not move forward because the five veterans who filed it in 2023 had not first requested changes to their discharge paperwork through a process established by the agency.

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