Advocates ask federal court to stop Pentagon from discharging HIV-positive service members
Without a preliminary injunction, HIV-positive service members face an imminent threat of being discharged
By John Riley on July 19, 2018 @JohnAndresRiley
Advocates are challenging the implementation of a new Pentagon policy that would see HIV-positive servicemembers forcibly discharged.
Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN, along with pro bono counsel form Winston & Strawn LLP, have filed a motion asking a federal court to block implementation of the Pentagon’s “Deploy or Get Out!†policy, under which people with HIV are considered undeployable — and can therefore be discharged.
The motion, filed as part of Harrison v. Mattis, asks the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to issue a preliminary injunction that would freeze efforts by the Pentagon to discharge HIV-positive service members, take away their health care and other benefits, or deny promotions to those who are serving stateside.
https://www.metroweekly.com/2018/07/advocates-ask-federal-court-pentagon-discharging-hiv-positive-service-members/
