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Army Staff Sergeant Donna R. Johnson has become the first known married lesbian soldier killed in action. PUBLISHER Fred Palmer USSG Johnson was one of three soldiers killed by a suicide ART DIRECTOR/PRODUCTION bomber in Khost, Afghanistan, on October 1. SSG Johnson is Ron Tackitt survived by her wife, Tracy Dice. About 60 Afghan civilians were also injured. GRAPHIC DESIGN Ron Tackitt “She is a soldier,” Rene Johnson, Sgt. Johnson’s sister told WRAL.com. “She went EDITOR/OFFICE over there to fight, not because she was gay MANAGER or lesbian.” WRAL.com also reported that Charles Peer Johnson came from “a long, proud tradition [email protected] of military service that dates back to the ARTS EDITOR Revolutionary War.” Chris Narloch In an interview with the local ABC affiliate, Johnson’s mother said her daughter SALES will be buried with full military honors. Erin K. Newbold Fred Palmer “Wind to your wings, Sergeant Johnson. Thank you for your service,” said Ingram. 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Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Commerce Nat. Lesbian & Gay Journalist Association Midtown Business Association outwordmagazine.com October 25, 2012 - November 8, 2012 • Volume 25 • Issue 20 • No. 467 Outword Magazine 5 LGBTIQ Pride Days Come to Sierra College ierra College is hosting their second annual LGBTIQ Pride Days, with events that include ten academic presentations, Stwo movie nights, informational booths in the college quad and a keynote address by former Senator Carole Migden, preceded by a faculty/student drag show. Speakers for the November 6 – 8 event community colleges in California, the include Ann Bannon, author of the Lesbian Spectrum Committee funds its activities pulp-fiction novelsOdd Girl Out and The through grassroots fundraising and Beebo Brinker Chronicles; Dana Rivers, a community partnerships. Spectrum has transgender high school teacher; and David worked closely with Greater Placer County Del Valle, author of numerous memoirs on PFLAG and has been the recipient of book/ gay culture and the entertainment industry. magazine donations from the Lavender A link to the schedule of events can be Library.