Lesbian cadet quits West Point, cites 'don't ask'

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Lesbian cadet quits West Point, cites 'don't ask'

AP Thu Aug 12, 2:54 pm ET

WEST POINT, N.Y. – A lesbian cadet asked Monday to resign from the U.S. Military Academy because she can no longer lie about her sexuality and was troubled by the anti-gay attitudes of some around her.

Katherine Miller of Findlay, Ohio, also said she wants to fight for repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" law, a subject she was studying and writing about as a sociology major at West Point.

"I intend for my resignation to offer a concrete example of the consequences of a failed law and social policy," she wrote in her resignation letter, referring to the law against gays serving openly in the military.

Miller wrote proudly of her accomplishments as a student, athlete and soldier and said that she had not been pressured by anyone to resign. But she wrote of being "coerced into ignoring derogatory comments towards homosexuals for fear of being alienated for my viewpoint" and that she "endured sexual harassment for fear of being accused as a lesbian."

"In short, I have lied to my classmates and compromised my integrity and identity by adhering to existing military policy," she said.

Ranked ninth in the class of more than 1,100 cadets about to start their third year

Miller has been admitted to Yale University, starting in September.

She said she will work through her studies and political activism to win repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" law and would apply to return to West Point in the 2011-2012 academic year if that happens soon enough.



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:sarcasm:

What a stupid fucking rule.

I can't believe that people seriously think a woman of this caliber is some sort of selfish kid who doesn't care about her country. What a bunch of numbnuts!

Here's to Katherine Miller. :toast: A profile in courage.

They however have exceeded all expectations in the production of "War Criminals"

on both points!

:sarcasm:

DAN CHOI