History-making trans Space Force colonel refuses to back down from right-wing...

[Jessica_Rose]

History-making trans Space Force colonel refuses to back down from right-wing haters

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/history-making-trans-space-force-colonel-refuses-to-back-down-from-right-wing-haters/ar-AA1mLRqC?cvid=822f2a4c93ff486383a507e46d7c147a&ei=7

Story by Daniel Villarreal (10 Jan 2024)

Space Force Colonel Bree Fram, one of the highest-ranking out transgender officers in the United States military, has spoken proudly about her history-making service as a transgender military member and her refusal to let right-wing online attacks get her down.

Fram is currently stationed at the Department of Defense to lead space acquisition policy. That involves assessing the nation's current technological capabilities to maintain a technological advantage above the Earth by deploying resilient satellites and spacecraft.

Fram publicly came out as trans in 2016 when the military officially dropped its ban on trans service members. She continued to serve from 2019 to 2021, when then-President Donald Trump instated a ban on trans military members, and she has continued to serve after President Joe Biden repealed Trump's ban. She was promoted to colonel late last year.

"[LGBTQ+ people] have served since the [American] Revolution," Fram said in a recent interview. "You had amazing heroes of the Revolution who just happened to be gay. You had over 400 documented cases of transgender people serving during the Civil War for the Union. And so that history is all there, but when we're given that opportunity to do so openly, we can be even more valuable to the service."

[traciknight]

Glad to see progress still being made in the face of adversity.

[D'Amalie]

I can't talk politics here.  No platform. Sufice to say, I pray the current rules remain after the next election.  Keep up the work Colonel.
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My 1st cousin died some years after being kicked out of the Coast Guard due to the LGBTQ intolerance.  By the time the rules were updated and she was able to file for a change in her discharge category cancers had set in.  So no VA never medical and transition help.  Her previous 20 years were miserable.  She self medicated without supervision causing irreparable harm.  A wonderfully sweet person, intelligent, vital and emminently useful.  Lost to us.