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Dan Choi

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American activist

United StatesWritersBorn 1981 · age 45
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Dan Choi is an American former infantry officer in the United States Army who served in combat in the Iraq War during 2006-2007.

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Cadet Choi on his West Point graduation portrait, 2003Cadet Choi on his West Point graduation portrait, 2003On the cover of KoreAm, August 2009On the cover of KoreAm, August 2009

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Dan Choi is an American former infantry officer in the United States Army who served in combat in the Iraq War during 2006-2007. He became an LGBT rights activist following his coming out on The Rachel Maddow Show in March 2009 and publicly challenged America's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, which forbade lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) service members from serving openly.

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United States
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Born 1981 · age 45
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