Leonard Matlovich
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Technical Sergeant Leonard Phillip Matlovich was an American Vietnam War veteran, race relations instructor, and recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He was the first gay service member
Matlovich on the cover of Time in 1975
Matlovich's tombstone at the Congressional Cemetery, which reads: "A Gay Vietnam Veteran When I was in the military, they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one."
Miriam Ben-Shalom
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Miriam Ben-Shalom is an Israeli-American educator, activist and former Staff Sergeant in the United States Army. After being discharged from the military for homosexuality in 1976, she successfully ch
Miriam Ben-Shalom in 2018
