Gay Oklahoma soldier's discharge upgraded to honorable

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Thirty-five years after Lisa Weiszmiller, of Oklahoma City, was given a less than honorable discharge from the Army for being gay, her discharge was upgraded to honorable this year

Gay Oklahoma soldier's discharge upgraded to honorable
by Randy Ellis Published: June 16, 2014

Thirty-five years after being kicked out of the U.S. Army for being gay, an Oklahoma City woman has won her fight to have her discharge upgraded from “other than honorable” to “honorable.”

“It’s crazy,” said Lisa Weiszmiller, 53, proudly displaying an honorable discharge certificate backdated to June 22, 1979.

On paper, it’s just like the other than honorable discharge 35 years ago never happened.

Weiszmiller said her next step is to try to get the U.S. Veterans Affairs Department to pay for a post-traumatic stress disorder service disability.

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