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Showing Original Post only (View all)Kristin Beck: 的知 fighting for equality, dignity and respect...Manning is doing the opposite" [View all]
...Kristin Beck is the former Christopher Beck, a U.S. Navy Seal Team 6 member who came out as transgender in 2011 and wrote a book, Warrior Princess, about the experience. Since then, she has become an advocate for equality in gender identity issues. When she learned that WikiLeaker Manning had also come out as transgender, she was furious.
Im fighting for equality, dignity and respect, Beck said. This person, Manning, is doing the opposite. Becks fear is that because of Mannings history, and the circumstances surrounding Mannings statement, Uniformed people are going to link gender identity to emotional stability, intellectual capacity and ego....
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/23/world/transgender-community-unsure-whether-mannings-move-will-be-blessing-or-curse/#.UhgLF53D_IU