A former Navy SEAL has transitioned from a male solider to a transgender female and speaks of living a lie for 20 years in a new book, "Warrior Princess", according to the Daily Mail.
Kristen Beck was known as Chris by fellow soldiers and described as a "consummate guy's guy." No one suspected the respected solider wanted nothing more to live his life as a woman.
"For years Chris had turned off his sexuality like a light switch and lived as a warrior, consumed with the battle-- living basically asexual," the book reads. "For Chris the other SEALs were brothers and in the man's man warrior lifestyle, even if he had wanted to entertain sexual thoughts, there really was never any time to be thinking too much about sexuality."
Beck teamed up with Anne Speckhard to document her story.
"Chris really wanted to be a girl and felt that she was a girl and consolidated that identity very early on in childhood," Speckhard told ABC News.
According to the Daily Mail, Beck is using the book to pursue a career as an equal rights activist for trans-genders. Although the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" rule recently implemented in the armed forces allows lesbians and gays to enlist, trans-genders and transsexuals are not granted the same right.
Within the book, Beck reveals the trails and tribulations she faced because she couldn't be an amazing soldier and a transgender at the same time. Once Becks retired, she vowed to live as a woman and fight for transgender rights for future.
"We fought on the battlegrounds for freedom and the American way of life, now it's time to soldiers be welcomed home to a 'Healing Ground,'" Beck said.
Beck has also dedicated her time to aiding in the rehabilitation of veterans by welcoming them into her garden where she says she "no longer feel anger, resentment or depression" and she "wants to give this option of 'peace garden' to my veteran brothers and sisters."
