Transgender Navy SEAL 'Warrior Princess' Comes Out

[SonadoraXVX]

I applaud Kristen for the book she wrote. Its people like her that need to be known, Calpernia Addams was another one, in a positive light. Nothing wrong with making it known that transgender people also serve and are law abiding citizens. I showed this book to one of my best friends who is in the spec ops community and his reaction, "holy crap", I mean, comon on, for me its old hat, as long as she doesn't reveal military or national intelligence secrets like other infamous people. Lots of bios by military cisgender people, it seems like some people view being transgender as being a "crime", like in the 90's and before being "gay" was a crime  up until 2003(ie.repeal of sodomy laws all across the U.S. by Supreme Court Decision is what I meant too), just ten years ago.

Lucia,
My 2 cents.

[Jess42]

I applaud Kristen for the book she wrote. Its people like her that need to be known, Calpernia Addams was another one, in a positive light. Nothing wrong with making it known that transgender people also serve and are law abiding citizens. I showed this book to one of my best friends who is in the spec ops community and his reaction, "holy crap", I mean, comon on, for me its old hat, as long as she doesn't reveal military or national intelligence secrets like other infamous people. Lots of bios by military cisgender people, it seems like some people view being transgender as being a "crime", like in the 90's and before being "gay" was a crime  up until 2003(ie.repeal of sodomy laws all across the U.S. by Supreme Court Decision is what I meant too), just ten years ago.

Lucia,
My 2 cents.

How true you are. The only way society' s perceptions will ever change is by letting everyone know that we are just as normal as everyone else.

[Dreams2014]

Thought you all would love to hear about this one.

"Chris Beck spent 20 years operating in secret behind enemy lines as an elite US Navy Seal. But the highly-decorated serviceman was always hiding a deeper, personal secret - since early childhood, he felt he was a female born into a male body."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23464947

[aibeecee]

Great story.

I've seen some of the videos on Youtube and it seems she completely transitioned (hormones, facial hair removal, FFS, maybe SRS as well) before she came out in public. Too bad the U.S. military doesn't seem to be impressed about this.

[Dreams2014]

Great story.

I've seen some of the videos on Youtube and it seems she completely transitioned (hormones, facial hair removal, FFS, maybe SRS as well) before she came out in public. Too bad the U.S. military doesn't seem to be impressed about this.

They never are. It ruins their "manly" image.

There was another story about a Brit soldier and her unit seemed much more accepting about it.

[aibeecee]

Yup, I read the story with the British soldier, too. That was a couple of years ago.

As about the military: In Germany it's basically the same as in the U.S. but they do not openly admit it. Instead one of their requirements is that the hormone system must be "intact". That's another way to say that transgender individuals are not employed in the service as soldier or in the police. There are transgender people in these ranks but like in the U.S., they do not serve openly.

[Cindy]

I was counselling a striking woman. Very confident, very nice, very feminine.

Her story?

She was ex-SAS (Australian)

In her last mission in Afghanistan, before she left, she (as a 'he') reversed a large truck down a gully firing automatic weapons held over her shoulders as she went to help her comrades who were under fire. Rescued the lot.

I asked how she could be so - reckless (poor comment from me) . She replied that she has always wanted to die (because of GID ) but she was never brave enough to kill herself.

I cried before she did. I'm a crap therapist (but only starting)

Sorry

[Shantel]

I was counselling a striking woman. Very confident, very nice, very feminine.

Her story?

She was ex-SAS (Australian)

In her last mission in Afghanistan, before she left, she (as a 'he') reversed a large truck down a gully firing automatic weapons held over her shoulders as she went to help her comrades who were under fire. Rescued the lot.

I asked how she could be so - reckless (poor comment from me) . She replied that she has always wanted to die (because of GID ) but she was never brave enough to kill herself.

I cried before she did. I'm a crap therapist (but only starting)

Sorry

You're such a sweetheart, you can be my therapist any day and we'll cry together, crying is ok with me because it shows empathy. I know therapists avoid any emotional attachments and remain distant and aloof, the last one I had was like having a conversation with a cigar store indian. I wanted to knock on his forehead and ask if anyone was home! The light was on but he never spoke, I did all the talking.

[V M]

LOL... My therapist has a tendency to nearly doze off, it kinda cracks me up when his eyes start to flutter and he jolts himself awake looking somewhat disoriented

[Shantel]

LOL... My therapist has a tendency to nearly doze off, it kinda cracks me up when his eyes start to flutter and he jolts himself awake looking somewhat disoriented

It's kind of disconcerting when you are paying for it and they're sleeping on your dime!

[Sammy]

I asked how she could be so - reckless (poor comment from me) . She replied that she has always wanted to die (because of GID ) but she was never brave enough to kill herself.

Totally makes sense. Unfortunately

[V M]

It's kind of disconcerting when you are paying for it and they're sleeping on your dime!

Yeah, I'm often thinking "Nice to know you care" when I go to my appointments... I've been looking into finding someone else