The couple plan to remain in Houston "until the end of summer," following the June 27 parade. When I met my wife (in 2011), that is when they saw the reason behind it, when they saw how happy she makes me," said Kornmann, who married Erin Miller in 2014 in Washinton, D.C. They are great and they're supportive, but they are not super-involved in advocacy for equality. "I came out to my family at Christmas in 2003," she said. "The first one in Houston would have been the 2007 parade, after I moved back in December 2006," said Kornmann. "I moved abroad," she said, and began living openly as a lesbian in Paris, where she attended her first gay pride parade. 290 closed in both directions near Cypress this weekend Who decides how much gas costs? An expert explains the driving factors behind current record-high prices in the U.S.Another Houston brewery closes, others are going up for sale.SEC has a scheduling problem with Aggies, Longhorns, Sooners.Uvalde shooting incident commander says he didn't know he was in charge, ditched his radios on purpose.Giant film studio to be built in Central Texas amid environmentalist concerns for water supply.Chupacabra? Person with strange hat? Mysterious 'Unidentified Amarillo Object' caught on camera near Amarillo, Texas zoo.Kornmann transferred to Southwestern University in Georgetown, where she earned a 2003 bachelor of arts degree in mathematics. It put an end to everything I had planned."
"It meant I was not pilot-qualified and I was not even sure about (being) officer-qualified. "I essentially tore a ligament," said Kornmann. "That's where they started," Kornmann said, so her acceptance at the Academy pleased them.Īs a math scholar and 5'10 basketball shooting guard, Kornmann was an instant success among her entering class of 410 cadets, but her dream of becoming a pilot hit the skids when her shoulder "popped out of its socket" during a basketball scrimmage in October 2000. Her parents, Michael and Linda Kornmann, both worked in the computer unit of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base when she was born in Fairborn, Ohio. Air Force Academy, where she hoped to become a pilot. I have an amazing amount of respect for her."Īs a senior at Kingwood High, Kornmann won appointment to the U.S. No hour is too late, no work is too demanding or demeaning.
"Whatever it is that needs to be done, she does it. She is a tireless advocate for equal rights," he added. She is a very hard worker and she has a really neat story, with military service in her background. "I know Britt very well," said Levy, "and she is nothing short of amazing.