Transgender SEAL is subject of CNN documentary

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http://hamptonroads.com/2014/09/transgender-seal-subject-cnn-documentary



Former U.S. Navy Seal Chris Beck, now Kristin Beck, tells her story in the CNN documentary "Lady Valor: The Kristin Beck Story," airing Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014

Transgender SEAL is subject of CNN documentary
By Dianna Cahn
The Virginian-Pilot
© September 4, 2014

Ask Kristin Beck what it's like to be the only transgender Navy SEAL in the world and you get a deeply philosophical answer on living a conflicted life.

The one thing she's sure of: After a 20-year career as a highly decorated commando, coming out publicly as a woman was the truest - and hardest - thing she had ever done.

As a SEAL and a senior chief petty officer in the exclusive Naval Special Warfare Development Group known as SEAL Team 6, Beck conducted 13 tours of combat service in Iraq, Afghanistan and other hot spots around the globe.

Coming out in 2013 meant not just exposing herself as a woman, but also transitioning into the public realm and diverging from the secretive SEAL community. And, while some of her fellow SEALs accepted the transition, many cut off ties, alienating Beck from the only brotherhood she's ever known.

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1. Brotherhood is overrated.

All the best to her!