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Leonard Matlovich lived in this building for several years. A gay Vietnam veteran, he wrote in his epitaph, “When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one.” Born 6 July 1943 and dying 22 June 1988, he was a Tech. Sgt. in 1975, had won the Purple Heart and Bronze Star, and made the military’s ban on gays in the military a national issue when he appeared on the cover of Time magazine. He was arrested at the White House while fighting against AIDS and always fought for full LGBT equality.
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