Warrior Princess: A U.S. Navy Seal's Journey to Coming Out Transgender
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (851 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1935866435 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 254 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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It shatters one's perceptions of what courage is and how it is shown. A testament to bravery,Warrior Princess reaches for the best in all of us. Jamison Green, Ph.D., author of Becoming a Visible Man"Wow! What an incredible story. This story will widen your perspective about the meaning of gender and how much it matters--or doesn't--for successful military service. Diane H. Dr. Mazur, author of A More Perfect Military: How the Constitution Can Make Our Military Stronger . Warrior Princess is the story of Kristin Beck, formerly Chris, a decorated Navy SEAL and American patriot who faced a lifelong struggle to come to terms with her gender identity. Beck is a natura
Luci said A compelling story, but horribly written. After seeing Kristin Beck in a CNN interview with Anderson Cooper, I ordered the Kindle version of "Warrior Princess," looked forward to reading what I imagined would be an intriguing story, but discovered--to my horror--that much of it isn't even acceptable English. Almost ev. skin said Great Content, Terrible Writing. Let me start off by saying the content of this book is great. To be given a glimpse inside of Kristin's mind was tremendously interesting and I think this book may do a lot of good in terms of advancing awareness of transgender persons.However, the writing is absolutely awful.. Amazing story, terrible author. Kellie The story of Kristin Beck is absolutely amazing. Unfortunately, Beck teamed up with the world's worst writer. Anne Speckhard does a terrible job of telling Beck's remarkable journey. Not only is the book lacking any coherent structure, but nearly every page contains obvious sp
A man. Chris Beck played high school football. It is about a fight to be free inside one's own body, a fight that requires the strength of a Warrior Princess. He grew up to become a U.S. To everyone who saw him, he was a hero. He was transgender, and the woman inside needed to get out. Kristin's story of boy to woman explores the tangled emotions of the transgender experience and opens up a new dialogue about being male or female: Is gender merely between your legs or is it something much bigger?. A warrior. He bought a motorcycle, much to his mother's dismay, at age 17. 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. 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 panty hose in the back of his drawer. This is the journey of a girl in a man's 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