Knights Out
[4] In January 2009, two United States Military Academy alumni, L Paul Morris '80, and Dan Manning '04, along with Annapolis graduate Steve Clark Hall, USNA '75, started work to establish a West Point organization parallel to USNA Out,[5] the LGBT alumni association of the United States Naval Academy.At the time, L. Paul Morris was serving as the chair of SAGALA,[6] the joint service academy gay and lesbian alumni network, while Dan Manning was the USMA board representative.Becky Kanis, USMA '91, agreed to chair the Knights Out Board and was joined on the Board by L. Paul Morris '80, Brenda S. "Sue" Fulton '80, Margaret Wilson '89, Scott Melendez ex-92, Sarah Haag '03, Dan Manning '04, and New York National Guard First Lieutenant Daniel Choi, '03.The core of the membership is represented by the "Out Knights," graduates and former cadets who are publicly identified on the website as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.Knights Out has also worked closely with the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) and other organizations committed to repeal.