Transgender Conversations

It is very heartening to me to see and hear all the discussion and discourse about transgender. If you are a blogger or blog follower  just go into your favourite blog platform and search for transgender support. You should find lots.

Here is a great post from polymic : THE FIRST TRANSGENDER NAVY SEAL

"If you would have met Chris Beck back when he was a Navy SEAL you would have thought he was an ordinary guy. To everyone around him, he was a warrior, a fighter and also a hero. Albeit living up to all those titles, he also struggled with a secret that he tucked away deep inside himself. He wasn't actually Chris, he was Kristin.

In his tell-all book Warrior Princess Beck reveals that just like the the panty hose hidden in the back of his drawer, while he was serving in the military, he was concealing the fact that he was actually transgender.

In what has been called "one of the smartest and most important books of the year," the retired Navy SEAL explains that her journey hasn't been painless. Kristin Beck, formerly known as Chris Beck, served her country for than 20 years but she was never able to share her secret with anyone within the military.  She was deployed 13 times and fought in seven combat deployments being honored with the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star for her outstanding work. "

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Here is a booklist for Trans Youth in case you need to find some supportive reading