Title: Warrior princess : a U.S. Navy Seal's journey to coming out transgender /
Authors: Beck, Kristin, 1966-
Year: 2013
Subjects: Beck, Kristin,; Beck, Kristin,; United States. Officers Biography.; United States. Biography.; Veterans; Transgender Persons; Military Personnel; Transgender people United States Biography.; United States
Abstract: "Chris Beck played high school football. He bought a motorcycle, much to his mothers dismay, at age 17. He grew up to become a U.S. Navy SEAL, serving our country for twenty years on thirteen deployments, including seven combat deployments, and ultimately earned a Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. To everyone who saw him, he was a hero. A warrior. A man. But underneath his burly beard, Chris had a secret, one that had been buried deep inside his heart since he was a little boy-one as hidden as the pantyhose in the back of his drawer. He was transgender, and the woman inside needed to get out. This is the journey of a girl in a mans body and her road to self-actualization as a woman amidst the PTSD of war, family rejection and our society's strict gender rules and perceptions..."--Jacket.
Contents: Foreword -- Press release -- Editor's note -- Preface -- Prologue -- Hot Zone -- First life : the home front 1945-1991 -- Second life : the Navy SEALs 1991-2011 -- Third life : the warrior princess emerges 2011-present -- Acknowledgments -- About the authors -- Glossary -- Resources we found helpful -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index.