West Point lesbian resigns, speaks against military’s gay-excluding policy
”The policy doesn’t withstand empirical evidence. I think the best way to go about this is to continually put pressure on Congress to follow through with this. The fact of the matter is, the discharges haven’t stopped. It is still morally wrong; it is still not helping the military in a time of intense conflict… [The military] served as a model for the rest of society with desegregation, and when the academy started accepting women…. People just care if you get your job done, if you are a good cadet and you are a good person.”
Katherine Miller, a former West Point cadet who came out as a lesbian on the Rachel Maddow Show recently and also announced that she was resigning because she could not serve openly under the continuing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. (New Haven Ragister) (CTnow.com)
”Anyone you meet here, you have to assess their personality very closely, and see if you can trust them…. You can’t say, ‘Sorry guys, I’m gay. And if I say, ‘I have a boyfriend,’ I’m breaking the honor code.”
An anonymous female cadet speaking with NY Times about the closeted gay lifestyle that remains a challenge for both male and female cadets at the US Military Academy at West Point. (Virginian Pilot)
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