When Army medic Sgt. Lacye Presley first met CBS News Correspondent Kimberly Dozier, Presley helped keep the reporter alive when her CBS News team was hit by a car bomb in Iraq. She was awarded a Bronze Star for her actions that day. Later, she was discharged under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
Dozier followed Presley’s story and interviewed her in the home she shares with her partner, Army Sgt. Holly Tomson. Tomson had been NCO of the Year, and had also been discharged under DADT. Presley was visibly pregnant at the time.
Now, Presley and Tomson have a baby girl. Dozier uses their story as a focal point for this CBS News video about DADT. Worth a look. (It also begs the question of spousal and child benefits for gay and lesbian servicemembers, if DADT is repealed—an issue I’ve been writing about for some time now and which seems to be catching other people’s attention as well.)
Video after the jump.
(Transcript here. Thanks to Genia Stevens of SistersTalk Radio for the tip via Twitter.)