A decorated Navy SEAL who became the most high-profile veteran to advocate for allowing transgender Americans to serve openly in the U.S. military is no longer living as a woman and says he regrets contributing to the growing acceptance of trans rights for youth.
Chris Beck, known to most Americans as Kristin Beck, co-authored a 2013 memoir on his transition and was the subject of a 2014 CNN documentary, Lady Valor: The Kristin Beck Story. As Kristin, he attended rallies on LGBTQ rights and spoke at forums on transgender military service.
But during a Dec. 1 podcast with Robby Starbuck, a music video producer and conservative podcast host, Beck said he has returned to living as a man.
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“I'm not transgender … I'm probably something else. I don't know what it is,” Beck said.
The retired SEAL, who earned a Purple Heart and Bronze Star with Combat “V” device during 20 years of service and seven combat deployments, attributed his transition decision to the mental health support he received at the Department of Veterans Affairs and elsewhere.
Beck said after spending “about an hour” with a VA psychologist, saying he had a habit as a child of wearing dresses and felt relief dressing in women's clothing, he was prescribed hormones. He was connected with another psychologist and as Kristin Beck, co-wrote a book with her about the…
