Latest News--Meet The First Military Officer Who Become The Army's 1st Transgender In The World

Meet Captain Hannah Winterbourne the first transgender military officer in the world. She was a man by birth and spent the first few years in the Army as a man before deciding to undergo a s**x-change operation while serving in Afghanistan and began her transition in 2013. Now she's the Army’s most highly ranked transgender soldier and the only one to become an officer. She's now in charge of 100 soldiers
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Source From UK Mirror

“I think initially it was a bit of a shock to some people, they weren’t really expecting it because it’s not something you come across every day in the Army. However I think people soon realised that it didn’t make a difference to my job. At the end of the day I can still do all the things I could do before I transitioned.
“That’s what the Army respects because we’re all about capability and output. That’s what matters.”
Hannah said of her decision to become a woman: “It’s about finding that courage to do it. And that’s not the easiest thing in the world. “I was acting for everyone around me. There was no let up where I could stop that act.” she said
Hannah said that it was impossible to spend time on her own and be honest with herself while serving in Afghanistan.



She added: “That was a nudge which eventually ended up with me coming out and changing myself and my way of life.”