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Title: Beyond Pink and Blue: Rebecca Grant, Defining Fairness
Post by: Shana A on May 24, 2012, 08:48:52 AM
Post by: Shana A on May 24, 2012, 08:48:52 AM
Beyond Pink and Blue: Rebecca Grant, Defining Fairness
by Laura Ellis on May 24, 2012
http://www.wfpl.org/2012/05/24/beyond-pink-and-blue-rebecca-grant-defining-fairness/ (http://www.wfpl.org/2012/05/24/beyond-pink-and-blue-rebecca-grant-defining-fairness/)
Rebecca Grant was a Staff Sergeant in the Army National Guard. Twelve years into her military career, a fellow soldier found and circulated a picture of her wearing a dress. The Army took issue with the photo because she had enlisted and had been serving as male—her biological sex.
Rebecca is now the president of Sienna, a transgender social, educational and support group, and has come out as transgendered and a lesbian. But embracing her identity hasn't been without challenges. "Right now, I'm able to still marry, let's say, my partner, a female, legally," she explains. "But once I have my sex change, I would not have that opportunity. And that seems completely wrong."
Rebecca Grant told WFPL's Phillip M. Bailey and Laura Ellis her story, starting with a different transition: from soldier to civilian.
by Laura Ellis on May 24, 2012
http://www.wfpl.org/2012/05/24/beyond-pink-and-blue-rebecca-grant-defining-fairness/ (http://www.wfpl.org/2012/05/24/beyond-pink-and-blue-rebecca-grant-defining-fairness/)
Rebecca Grant was a Staff Sergeant in the Army National Guard. Twelve years into her military career, a fellow soldier found and circulated a picture of her wearing a dress. The Army took issue with the photo because she had enlisted and had been serving as male—her biological sex.
Rebecca is now the president of Sienna, a transgender social, educational and support group, and has come out as transgendered and a lesbian. But embracing her identity hasn't been without challenges. "Right now, I'm able to still marry, let's say, my partner, a female, legally," she explains. "But once I have my sex change, I would not have that opportunity. And that seems completely wrong."
Rebecca Grant told WFPL's Phillip M. Bailey and Laura Ellis her story, starting with a different transition: from soldier to civilian.