Embraced Yet Forbidden, Staff Sergeant Comes Out As Transgender

http://www.npr.org/2015/06/27/416015320/embraced-yet-forbidden-staff-sergeant-comes-out-as-transgender

NPR/  06/27/2015
Gazette

"Staff Sgt. Patricia King, who has been in the Army for 16 years, says she decided to start her gender transition in January."
"By serving in the Army, Staff Sgt. Patricia King is breaking the rules."

"King enlisted 1999 under her birth name, Peter. At the beginning of this year, King — a decorated soldier with three deployments to Afghanistan under her belt — started her gender transition."