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Touching Video, Lesbian Army Wives

A touching behind the scenes video, which looks at a lesbian relationship in the US army.

Back in 2011 Massy and her wife did not having equal rights when it came down to Jalisa’s employer, the United States Army.

“I [used to] come to visit her and I’d have to stay in the barracks, kind of incognito. I would always think if something were to happen to her, I’d be the last to know.”

Since DADT and DOMA were repealed in America, they’ve been able to live their life together — openly — at Fort Irwin in California.

More: DOMA Conqueror Edie Windsor Was an ‘Ignorant Middle Class Lady’ Before Stonewall

This video shows a day in the life of the couple, and what the recent change in policy means to them.

“As a military wife I feel like they are taking me serious. They are really counting me in. I think allowing gays and lesbians to express who they are freely makes them want to give it their all.”

Humiliated Lesbian Soldier Wins Case Against US Army

After a 35-year campaign, Lisa Weiszmiller has been given an “honorary discharge” by the US Army after she was abused, harassed and ultimately thrown out of the military in 1979. Ms Weiszmiller, 53, is pleased that her records have now been updated to show that she was not “less-than-honorably discharged.”

Back in the late 1970s, her superior officers suspected she was gay and subjected her to interrogations, hard labour and homophobic insults. Ms Weiszmiller, who lives in Oklahoma City, told reporters that, ‘If they [the officers] came upon us, we would have to come to parade rest and they would berate us.’

‘These are queers! These are lesbians! Stay away from these homosexual women . They tried everything they could to break us down.’

Ms Weiszmiller

Now she intends to persuade the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to compensate her for her post-traumatic stress disorder, which is a direct consequence of her humiliation. Since she was discharged, Ms Weiszmiller has also battled with drug addiction.

Approximately 100,000 servicepeople were sacked from the US armed forces between 1941 and 2011. The Obama Administration ended the controversial “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that stopped openly LGBT people from joining the military.