A former Navy SEAL who came out as transgender and has since resigned is warning young Americans to be extremely cautious about considering gender-affirming surgery — “you have to slow down,” he said.
Veteran Navy vet Chris Beck, who served on SEAL Team Six, made headlines in his 2013 biopic Warrior Princess, earning 13 Purple Hearts and Bronze Stars during his illustrious 20-year military career. as well as her desire to live as a woman Christine Beck.
But nine years later, the 56-year-old veteran says his decision “destroyed my life” and is a cautionary tale for parents and teenagers considering gender reassignment surgery.
“I would never walk away and say a word about my life,” Beck told The Post in an exclusive interview Monday. “But now there are doctors who are performing surgery on 12-year-olds and that is unacceptable.â€
Beck, who has had facial surgery and breast augmentation, says she has gender dysphoria – often described as feeling uncomfortable with the gender she was born with. He said he was approved for hormone therapy by the Department of Veterans Affairs after one appointment after his retirement in 2011 and was treated until 2015.
But, Beck added, she never considered herself transgender.
“I have never been transgender, male to female, female to male or anything,†she said. “Transgender did not exist for me. I had gender dysphoria and I had unnecessary surgeries.â€
Instead of allowing her to understand what that means, she says, clinicians pushed her into medical procedures that ruined her life. After that, he took his male name again and became engaged to a woman.
Her experiences have led her to speak on behalf of young people in the current political climate, where gender clinics across the US demand medical treatment as a solution to gender dysphoria.
“Twelve-year-olds can’t get tattoos or drink alcohol or anything,” Beck said of teenagers like Chloe Cole of California. blockers and testosterone treatment at 13, and at 15 the couple had a mastectomy and before returning to the woman. “They are not fully formed as human beings, and anyone who has had children knows that. We cannot allow these doctors to slaughter children.â€
Beck says she felt compelled to share her story after ultimately deciding not to have genital surgery.
She urged anyone considering facial or “top” and “bottom” surgery to gather as much information as possible before talking to gender clinics, psychologists and doctors, who say some children have undergone transgender surgeries. accused of rushing. given the life-changing consequences. Cole, now 18, still doesn’t know if the testosterone treatment she took between the ages of 13 and 16 damaged her eggs or long-term fertility. Camille Kiefel, 32, of Oregon, is suing the doctors who removed her. healthy breasts after just two Zoom calls. Although she wants to have children one day, Kiefel will never be able to breastfeed.
“I never wanted to go into the news,†Beck said. “But these doctors need to slow down. They are doing things they have no idea what they are doing now. It’s a shame.â€
In October, Cole blasted President Biden for supporting gender-affirming medical treatment. “What Biden said is dangerous,” Cole told The Post. “He wants to promote experiments on children.â€
Beck said he found it ridiculous that people had to be at least 18 to get a tattoo, but like Cole, he could start taking puberty blockers or testosterone at just 13.
“These doctors are leading you astray,” Beck added, referring to America’s youth. “It’s not against any kid who wants to live their dream or do whatever they want. It’s not about hating them or not wanting them to be who they are. I want everyone to be the person they can be at their greatest potential, but right now it’s just too confusing. There is not enough information here on either side. It seems very one-sided.â€
Beck, who has worked as a consultant for companies such as 3M since leaving the service, said that even as an adult, he experienced unexpected psychological and social effects from his two surgeries.
“I had respect,†Beck said of his time in the military. “I was in the middle of the Pentagon at the highest level. And then I transitioned and now I’m living on disability pay. I have family members who don’t talk to me, I have friends who don’t talk to me. So how is life better?â€
Beck said she still receives death threats nine years after she opened up to CNN’s Anderson Cooper about transitioning from a Navy SEAL to living as a woman after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now she says she hopes to turn that anger into something positive for others who may never meet her.
“I tell the younger audience, ‘Nobody hates you, you know, there’s a lot of love, we want to help,'” Beck said. “It is a very confusing time. So what they need to do is slow down and really listen to their heart.â€
Beck, who declined to name his fiancee, said she has more experience of “both sides of the sexes” than most people and wants to live a simple, quiet life “in the northeastern United States.” €
“I don’t want to be in the news,†he said. “I don’t want a movie or a book. I want to go away and live on my farm. I want to be quiet … I wanted to be quiet, but I saw the kids getting hurt and I had to speak.â€
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