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Gay Rights Group Urges Probe into Death of Lesbian GI in Afghanistan

HeadlineOct 09, 2007

The gay rights advocacy group Servicemembers Legal Defense Network is demanding the Pentagon conduct a full investigation into the death of a lesbian soldier in Afghanistan. Specialist Ciara Durkin of the Massachusetts Army National Guard was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head on September 27. Her sister Fiona Canavan said: “She told us that if anything happened to her, we were to investigate.” According to the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network Durkin is the first openly gay GI to be killed in Afghanistan or Iraq.

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