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- Thanks for joining us.

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I'm Staff Sargent Mariko Frazee.

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Enacted in 2009 by President Obama,

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the month of June marks the

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lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender

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or LGBT Pride Month.

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Two years later the president repealed

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Don't Ask, Don't Tell,

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allowing all military members to serve openly.

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In Korea, Army Sargent Matt Krohmer tell us

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how students are making it their mission

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to bring an atmosphere of acceptance to the classrooms.

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^- [Voiceover] At Seoul American Middle School or SAMS,

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^there's a group of students battling against discrimination.

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^- Well, Diversity Club is basically about LGBT

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^and different races,

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^but this month is LGBT Pride.

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There's some kids at this school who are LGBT

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and don't feel comfortable about talking about it.

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- [Voiceover] They have come up with

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a rainbow colored bracelet

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that holds many meanings.

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- It doesn't matter if you're LGBT

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or something else, you can just be a different color

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and it doesn't matter.

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- While children celebrate diversity and acceptance

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one airman at Misawa Air Base shares her journey

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and how she didn't let one factor

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drive her away from achieving her dreams.

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- I am A1C Haley Smith, an AH Craftsman.

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^We work on the support equipment

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^that the aircraft use to perform their pre-flight checks

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and just daily test operations.

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^- Her desire to be in the military

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^just in general, it was something that

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^she always wanted to do.

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- I really wanted to travel

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so it turned out like perfect that my first base

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was in Japan and the benefits are awesome.

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I work with an awesome group of people.

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They treat me like a normal person

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which is great.

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This is probably one of the best decisions

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I have made in my life.

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- Airman Smith and her wife Kaitlin just celebrated

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their two year anniversary.

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That does it for this news break.

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