The Defense Department has reached a settlement in a class action suit by LGBTQ+ veterans who were dismissed from the military based on their sexual orientation. The settlement, in the Northern District of California, allows service members whose careers ended under the old “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy to remove discriminatory indicators from their records and have their discharge status upgraded to honorable.

The proposed settlement, filed Monday, still awaits a judge’s approval. It would end a suit filed in August 2023 on behalf of a class of veterans from all branches of the armed forces whose discharge papers indicate they were discharged based on sexual orientation, and a subclass consisting of those who were discharged based on sexual orientation who did not receive an honorable discharge.