When I heard my name called, ‘Esther,’ I got up and walked toward the voice of the woman, who barely looked at me, and called me ‘Sir.’ I followed her into her office and before I sat down, politely said, ‘Actually, it’s Ma’am…. My name is Esther.’ She sat down and looked at me, and her first question was, ‘Are you a Lesbian?’ Her second question to me was, ‘Have you asked God into your heart? Have you been saved by Jesus Christ?’ This is when I realized that I was no longer a United States veteran in her eyes, I was just a homosexual.