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Katy Miller on Out Magazine’s 2010 OUT Portfolio:
When Katie Miller transferred colleges at the end of her sophomore year, it wasn’t for any of the reasons common to mercurial 20-year-olds. As politicians like Sen. John McCain (who graduated 894th out of 899th in his Naval Academy class of ’58) continued to insist that armed forces–enrolled students like Miller (ranked ninth out of her class of 1,157 at West Point) were not welcome if they were honest about their homosexuality, Miller saw no other choice but to withdraw. Arguing that such a policy was not only discriminatory but in conflict of the school’s hallowed honor code, she issued a statement: “At present, I find military service to be incompatible with personal values.” She transferred to Yale University, where she’s currently studying political science while squeezing in a few select television appearances to promote the repeal of DADT: A repeat guest of Rachel Maddow’s show, she also escorted Lady Gaga to this year’s MTV Video Music Awards.
