Kristin Beck, transgender Navy SEAL hero: 'Let's meet face to face and you tell me I'm not worthy'

A transgender retired Navy SEAL Team 6 hero has called out President Donald Trump after he announced that transgenders will no longer be allowed to serve in the US military (read here). 

Kristin Beck, a veteran who served for 20 years in the Navy SEAL, took offence to this and said as much. 

"Let's meet face to face and you tell me I'm not worthy," Kristin said soon after Trump made his announcement today.

"Transgender doesn't matter. Do your service," Kristin opened up to Business Insider.

The trans woman said Trump's abrupt change in policy could negatively affect many currently or wanting to serve in the military. In 2016, the RAND Corporation estimated that there were between 1,320 and 6,630 transgender people serving. Kristin said all those people want is to serve their country like everyone else. 

She continued: "Being transgender doesn't affect anyone else. We are Liberty's light. If you can't defend that for everyone that's an American citizen, that's not right."

Kristin Beck was born Christopher Beck, she served for 20 years in the Navy with SEAL Teams 1, 5, and, eventually, the elite 6. She deployed 13 times over two decades, including stints in Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. She received the Bronze Star award for valor and the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in combat, Yahoo reports.

"I was defending individual liberty," she said. "I defended for Republicans. I defended for Democrats. I defended for everyone."

Trump said the decision to ban transgenders was based on the cost of providing medical care for the transgender service members but Kristin thinks the money is negligible because only a small percentage of those in the military are transgender. 

 

"They care more about the airplane or the tank than they care about people," Kristen said. "They don't care about people. They don't care about human beings."