By Mail Foreign Service
One of America's top ranked military cadet has resigned from West Point after admitting she is gay.
Katherine Miller said she can no longer lie about her sexuality and vowed to fight the 'don't ask, don't tell' law which bans gays from serving.
It has also been revealed that Miller had blogged anonymously about her experiences as a lesbian at West Point since May.
Writing on the lesbian website Velvet Park under the pseudonym 'Private Second Class Citizen', Miller tells how she concealed her sexuality and how there are 'plenty' of gays and lesbians in the ranks.
Miller denied she had been coerced into resigning, but said she had 'endured sexual harassment for fear of being accused as a lesbian'.
In her resignation letter, she wrote: "I intend for my resignation to offer a concrete example of the consequences of a failed law and social policy.
"In short, I have lied to my classmates and compromised my integrity and identity by adhering to existing military policy."
She added that she had fabricated a heterosexual dating history to share with any fellow cadets who asked.
Ranked ninth in a class of more than 1100 cadets about to start their third year, Miss Miller's resignation letter came a week before she would have been required to sign a commitment to finish her final two years and serve five years in the military.
Jim Fox, a spokesman for West Point where she was studying sociology, said Miss Miller will remain at the academy while her request is reviewed.
He said she was 'in good standing and has done very well academically, militarily and physically while at the academy'.
Cadets may withdraw at any point in their first two years without having to do government service or pay compensation for the education and benefits they have received. - Daily Mail