A blog titled “Lesbian Soldier Denied DADT Discharge Now Seeking Canadian Asylum: Autostraddle Interviews Pte. Skylar James” caught my eye among many of the other posts on feministing.com. While reading the article with an attached interview with Skylar herself, I couldn’t help but feel completely disgusted and disappointed with the United States Military system. Skylar is a homosexual female serving in the US military, from a young age she never questioned the importance of defending and protecting her country and she even mentioned her intent “to make her parents and her country proud.”
Skylar’s experienced physical and emotional abusive treatment for her sexual orientation by her peers and superiors. This is a brutal example of the corruption that remains present throughout our country. It is especially disturbing to read about this type of treatment within a group which stands for unity. In a time like this, where our country is at war, I would have thought that the army (the US army at that) would embrace everybody and anybody who was physically qualified and willing to serve. Sexual orientation should never affect anybody’s right to defend their country.
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