Nicole Bauke

Airman Second Class Helen Grace James wanted to follow in the footsteps of her father and her great-grandfather and serve in her country’s military. But her service was cut short after she was investigated, interrogated and then given an “undesirable” discharge from the Air Force because she was a lesbian, the Washington Post reported. Now, more than 60 years later, she is suing the Air Force. James, now 90, joined the military in 1952 as a radio operator. She was 25, and she planned to make it her career, according to the Post. Instead, on a Friday night in 1955, […]