British Army’s first transgender officer plea: don’t ‘sensationalize’ her story

After a long gender identity battle, a UK soldier has become the first openly transgender officer to serve in the British Army. Activists, however, argue gender transition is normal, urging the media not to “sensationalize” her story.

Captain Hannah Winterbourne, who was born a boy, has revealed her transgender identity after claiming she was living life “as an act.”

An officer in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Winterbourne manages 100 soldiers. Now the highest-ranking transgender soldier in the British Army, she claims becoming a woman was “harder than fighting in Afghanistan.” .... http://rt.com/uk