Kristin Beck was a part of the elite Navy SEAL Team 6, the fabled unit that was ultimately responsible for Osama bin Laden’s death. She served for 20 years and underwent 13 deployments. She was awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star for her decades of service. But during this time, Kristin wasn’t known as Kristin — she was Chris Beck, a transgender woman who had to suppress her identity to serve in the military.
In her new biography, “Warrior Princess: A U.S. Navy SEAL’s Journey to Coming out Transgender,” (which is, by the way, is an awesome book title, especially because you can’t not think about Xena every time you read it), Beck speaks about the decades of struggle she faced as a member of the military, growing a bushy beard instead of wearing women’s clothing like she wanted. After retiring in 2011, Beck began dressing as she wished, curling her blonde hair, changing her name on LinkedIn and posting photos of herself in front of the American flag.
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