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Transgender Navy SEAL hero dares Trump: 'Tell me I'm not worthy to my face'

The Pentagon and the LGBTQ community were stunned by the President's announcement
Andrew Buncombe New York @AndrewBuncombe 2 hours ago

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The Independent US
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The reaction of former Navy SEAL Team 6 member Kristin Beck to Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military, could not have been simpler: “Let’s meet face to face and you tell me I’m not worthy.”

The 20-year military veteran, who became the first US Navy SEAL to come out as transgender in 2013, said a person’s gender identity made no difference to their ability to do the job.

“Being transgender doesn’t affect anyone else,” she told Business Insider. “We are liberty’s light. If you can’t defend that for everyone that’s an American citizen, that’s not right.”


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-kristin-beck-navy-seal-transgender-ban-us-military-navy-president-a7861576.html?cmpid=facebook-post