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Out Lesbian Cadet, Katie Miller Wants Back in Military

Katie miller, the Westpoint Cadet, who left because of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” has told her story to the  Associated Press and an article appeared yesterday in the New York Daily.  LGR has followed Katie’s story since the day she made headlines and pursued her down the Red Carpet with Lady GAGA to the Grammy Award ceremony.

Currently attending Yale, this unlikely Activist, had previously mentioned that she would like to return to the Military when DADT is repealed. Katie has become a new face for the fight to have gays and lesbians serve openly in the military. ” She resigned from West Point academy in August and within days was one of the most prominent faces of the debate. Yet her greatest hope now is that she can return to the place she just left.”

DADT IN SUM:- President Barack Obama must make good on his promise to gay rights groups that he would push to repeal the 1993 law by the end of the year. The U.S. House already has signed off on the idea, and the Senate is preparing to debate it in the coming weeks.

The Defense Department on Tuesday will release a report that will help shape what Congress decides. The study has examined whether lifting the ban can be done without disrupting the armed services and current war efforts and includes a survey of about 400,000 troops.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff both have said they would rather see Congress change the law than have it struck down by the courts and risk losing control of how the changes would be put in place.

Adm. Mike Mullen told ABC’s “This Week” this month that asking people to lie about themselves goes against the integrity of the armed forces.

Miller, 21, grew up in rural northwest Ohio, where she was captain of her high school softball team and voted most likely to become president.

She started dreaming of going to West Point around the time she turned 16 — more than a year before she came to accept that she was gay. Even after that, the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy was no more than a passing concern.

She wanted to be a leader at the academy, someone with honor. She excelled, ranking near the top of her class of more than 1,100 cadets going into their third year. But Miller also was hiding in fear. “I realized that I wasn’t becoming the leader of character that I wanted to be,” she said.

Other gay cadets in her small circle of friends tried to persuade her to stick it out. Conforming, after all, is a tenet taught in the military…. t to read more….. the whole AP Article…  http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2010/11/26/2010-11-26_lesbian_us_military_academy_cadet_katherine_miller_wants_back_into_west_point.html

Posted by Mel Nathan
11/27/2010