She later wrote, “Despite my physical condition on any given day, my soul smiles, because I ‘Know’ myself in a biblical sense. I have learned to love myself from Beginning to End. I now know my life is valuable and worthy of protection, of love, and respect.”
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“I don’t regret enlisting in the #Navy, to me it’s part proof that I and many other #Trans and #LGBTQ people now and then, are willing to fight for our #Freedom(s) just as much as the next person, if given the opportunity to “Be All We Can Be,” she finished.