Biden pardons potentially thousands of ex-service members convicted under now-repealed gay sex ban

 Biden pardons potentially thousands of ex-service members convicted under now-repealed gay sex ban

The president’s use of his pardon powers is occurring during Pride Month and his action comes just days before he is set to hold a high-profile fundraiser with LGBTQ donors in New York on Friday.

WASHINGTON (AP) President Joe Biden pardoned potentially thousands of former U.S. service members convicted of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex, saying Wednesday that he is…