West Point transfer Miller '12 garners national attenton
West Point transfer Miller '12 garners national attenton
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Sparking a national debate: Katherine Miller '12, the gay West Point cadet who transferred to Yale College to protest the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, has captured the attention news outlets nationwide — and on Wednesday, her story appeared on the the front page of The New York Times.
"The resignation this month of Katherine Miller … has turned a spotlight on the hidden gay culture here and revived debate on campus about 'don’t ask, don’t tell,' at a time when Washington is also focused on the issue," wrote the Times' Corey Kilgannon.
In recent weeks, Miller has also been featured on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" and in The Huffington Post.
On Wednesday, Miller will begin her career at Yale as a junior in Morse College.
Miller told the Times that she decided to leave West Point because she could no longer conceal her homosexuality.
“It was a whirlpool of lies — I was violating the honor code every time I socialized,” Miller told The New York Times.
While at West Point, the sociology major from Findlay, Ohio, anonymously blogged about the academy’s hidden gay culture. Using the pseudonym “Private Second Class Citizen,” Miller wrote about how she endured gay slurs and fabricated her dating history in order to conceal her homosexuality.
In her resignation letter, Miller wrote that she had lied to her classmates and compromised her integrity by adhering to military policy and that she was “no longer willing to suppress an entire portion of (her) identity any longer.”
Comments
None 1 year, 9 months ago
Yale is so lucky to have her.
None 1 year, 9 months ago
I don't think she'll be attending the Army Navy game or enjoying drinks at the Army-Navy Club with her former associates-in-arms.
None 1 year, 9 months ago
Welcome to Yale. Cue trolls.
None 1 year, 9 months ago
Rugby team/Sappho is gunna POUNCE on this chick.
None 1 year, 9 months ago
jealous #5?
None 1 year, 9 months ago
I second #1. So so lucky. All the best Katie! You will find such great support and friends here.
None 1 year, 9 months ago
Do you have a source to verify that she transferred out to 'protest' DADT? From what i've heard, she transferred out because it forced her to lie and took a personal toll on her life. Those are very different motivations.
I don't want to accuse in this case bc you may have a source, but i have felt misrepresented on multiple occasions by the YDN.
None 1 year, 9 months ago
I hope the government comes after her for every penny she owes for perpetuating this fraud. She knew she was a lesbian when she got accepted to West Point and she knew what the rules of the military were at the time. Now she expects us to treat her a some kind of Martyr.
She is a fraud and a cheat who should be made to pay back every cent of her first 2 years of education. The only good thing is that this dishonorable person will never sully the uniform of our military again.
None 1 year, 9 months ago
Awesome.
None 1 year, 9 months ago
Cadets (and Midshipmen, I assume) can resign after two years without any obligation to the government. I know two West Point cadets who went there, assuming they would transfer after two years, just to get the free education. So why so harsh on someone who took some time to figure out she could not live a lie?
None 1 year, 9 months ago
@#10 And I am sure your friends are tracking to a career in civil service or political career to further find the loop holes in our governments "free" money give away.
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