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Miriam Ben-Shalom—Lesbian Shero Erased by U.S. Army
Without women like Ben-Shalom, there would be no advancing of our rights, no one to speak up when it really counts the most — when no one else is willing. She wasn’t going to be forced to lie then, and she won’t be forced to lie now.