Poised for Perfection: Sgt. Shane Ortega Puts a Face to the Transgender Military

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Poised for Perfection: Sgt. Shane Ortega Puts a Face to the Transgender Military Ban


Sgt. Shane Ortega tells The Advocate how he's been able to serve for years in the U.S. Army as an openly transgender man and about the pressure he faces now that the world knows who he is.

On The Advocate.com
BY  Mitch Kellaway
May 28 2015 3:30 AM ET

Sgt. Shane Ortega wakes up and shuts off his alarm clock at the same time every workday morning. The right time.


...Sgt. Ortega is never late. He is never rumpled. He never has an "off" day. And he makes sure of it, because he's one of the first openly transgender people in the U.S. military, and he knows the world is scrutinizing him.

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Sgt. Ortega talks about life since the article about him in the Washington Post last month.