‘We Are An Endangered Species’
A transgender Air Force officer is still serving proudly, despite the President’s ban
This story is part of The Trump 45, a special package about Trump’s impact on individual lives.
By Lt. Col. B Fram, as told to Adam K. Raymond
I came out on the day the ban ended on June 30th, 2016. It was a long-anticipated moment, but still incredibly nerve-wracking. When Secretary Ash Carter finished speaking, I had a note ready to go to my colleagues in the office, and an email and a Facebook post to friends and family. I definitely hovered over that send and that post button for quite some time before I got the nerve to click. Once I did, I ran away wondering what the reaction was going to be. I went down to the gym in the bowels of the Pentagon and I think I burned the motor out on the elliptical machine that day with all the nervous energy I had.
When I sat down, my colleagues walked over to me one by one, shook my hand and said it was an honor to serve with me. It was beyond touching and certainly my honor to serve with them. From friends and family, it was nothing but love.
