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==Description==
 
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Brigadier-General in the Israeli Army, serving as a lawyer who serves in the Military Advocate General (since 2015).  Highest ranking military person to that time to come out as LGBTQ (2017), being the third-highest rank in the military.  Lawyer.   
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Major General in the Israeli Army, serving as a lawyer who serves as the Military Advocate General (since 2015; formerly Brigadier General).  Highest ranking military person to that time to come out as LGBTQ (2017), being the third-highest rank in the military.  Lawyer.   
  
 
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* http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Top-IDF-officer-comes-out-of-closet-490289
 
* http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Top-IDF-officer-comes-out-of-closet-490289
 
* http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/05/11/this-is-the-highest-ranking-member-of-the-military-to-ever-come-out/
 
* http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/05/11/this-is-the-highest-ranking-member-of-the-military-to-ever-come-out/
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* https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/israeli-military-appoints-first-ever-out-gay-major-general/#gs.ROs8U2A

Latest revision as of 23:17, 25 November 2022

Sharon Afek

Country

Israel

Birth - Death

1970 -

Occupation

Military, Law

Description

Major General in the Israeli Army, serving as a lawyer who serves as the Military Advocate General (since 2015; formerly Brigadier General). Highest ranking military person to that time to come out as LGBTQ (2017), being the third-highest rank in the military. Lawyer.

Further Reading/Research