Updates to our Terms of Use

We are updating our Terms of Use. Please carefully review the updated Terms before proceeding to our website.

Friday, April 19, 2024 | Back issues
Courthouse News Service Courthouse News Service

Air Force Sexism

Kicked out of the Air Force in 1955 for being a lesbian, 90-year-old Helen Grace James brought a federal complaint against the secretary of the Air Force to upgrade her discharge to honorable.

FRESNO, Calif. — Kicked out of the Air Force in 1955 for being a lesbian, 90-year-old Helen Grace James brought a federal complaint against the secretary of the Air Force to upgrade her discharge to honorable.

Categories / Civil Rights, Government

Subscribe to Closing Arguments

Sign up for new weekly newsletter Closing Arguments to get the latest about ongoing trials, major litigation and hot cases and rulings in courthouses around the U.S. and the world.

Loading...