Oklahoma lesbian Lisa Weiszmiller has had her Army certificate of discharge reissued to list her discharge as honorable instead of dishonorable after she was kicked out of the army in 1979.
The reissued certificate is dated to 22 June 1979 and was given to her just days before the 35 year anniversary of her being kicked out of the army over her sexual orientation.
Weiszmiller is only one of around a hundred thousand gay and lesbian personnel who were booted out of the US armed forces between World War II and the 2011 end of the so-called Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy that banned gays and lesbians form serving openly.
Since the repeal of that policy the US Defense Department has offered to correct the discharge papers of any veteran who was fired over their sexual orientation alone.
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