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“We should all be able to live as human beings - and to be recognized as such by the societies we live in.”

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By December 2009, I had come to terms with my gender identity just as I was deployed to Iraq.

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Suffrage is not a right afforded to everyone. Rather, voting is a privilege in the United States - and a hard-earned privilege at that.

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Day-to-day life is as simple as it is routine - though my days are often long and very busy.

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