US Military Sued Over ‘Outdated’ Ban on HIV-Positive Recruits – Bloomberg Law
Nov. 10, 2022, 10:02 PM
A US military rule banning people with HIV from joining the armed services is being challenged as medically outdated by a gay Georgia police officer who says the policy dashed his dream of becoming an Army helicopter pilot.
Two decades of advancements have “radically changed the landscape of HIV treatment and prevention,” making HIV status irrelevant to a person’s ability to serve, 23-year-old Isaiah Wilkins argues in a suit filed Thursday by the oldest and largest LGBTQ+ rights group in the country, Lambda Legal.
“These medical advances should have led to an overhaul of military policies related to people living …