Lt. Dan Choi, openly gay US Army infantry officer in negotiations with Iraqi Tribal Leaders in South Baghdad, 2006-7. He contributed to civil reconstruction operations using his degrees in Environmental Engineering and Arabic Language.
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ID: A color photo of a group of men seated on plastic chairs around a table with a map. Most of the men are Arab Iraqis wearing traditional full-body white outfits with white or black and white headscarves anchored on their heads with black bands. Dan Choi is a Korean-American man toward the back of the photo, wearing U.S. Army fatigues.
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Dan Choi – Arabic Translator, Gay Rights Activist
"It is a slap in the face to my soldiers, peers and leaders who have demonstrated that an infantry unit can be professional enough to accept diversity, to accept capable leaders, to accept skilled soldiers. My subordinates know I'm gay.…