Military Law,
Civil Rights
Feb. 5, 2020
Friends without benefits
The military’s gay policy is still harming veterans
4th Appellate District, Division 3
Eileen C. Moore
Associate Justice
California Courts of Appeal
People gather in front of the War Memorial Veterans Building to celebrate the end of the legal provision commonly known as "don't ask, don't tell" in San Francisco, Sept. 20, 2011. (New York Times News Service)
Many former members of the armed forces who were discharged because they were gay did not receive veteran benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. This article is about the evolvement of gays in the military and a volunteer lawyer in Oakland, Robert M. Bodzin, who took on representation of a veteran discharged decades ago because he was gay. The veteran needed help to collect his hard-earned benefits and Bodzin went to bat for him.
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