Veterans forced out of the military over their sexuality are asking the Pentagon to proactively change the nature of their discharges.
"I could have my personal life and my Marine Corps life," Sohn said."This my idealistic self in my early 20s thinking I could do that."
After a tour in Iraq in 2005 Sohn left active duty. She was approached by activists with the Servicemember’s Legal Defense Fund to talk about serving under the don’t ask don’t tell policy. She says her decision to share her story is what sparked an investigation into her, even though she was in the Inactive Ready Reserve.
Johnson was 20 years old when she received a general discharge under honorable conditions — a status that stripped her of her G.I. Bill benefits. She said it was years before she was comfortable telling people she was a veteran.
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