Former US Navy Transgender Person Says "I Will Return to Being Male"... Reasons for Regret?

CNN LGBTQ Anchor Anderson Cooper Gains Fame Through Interview
Beck Criticizes "Gender Transition Becoming a Huge Industry in the US"

After discharge, former US Navy SEAL special forces member Kristin Beck, who became transgender, announced that she intends to regain her original gender. Kristin Beck interviewed in 2013 about gender transition. Photo by CNN archive footage

[Asia Economy Reporter Bora Lee] On the 11th (local time), U.S. media including Fox News reported that a former U.S. Navy SEAL special forces operator who transitioned to female after discharge has announced plans to revert back to male.

Beck, who served in the Navy SEALs for 20 years, was part of the elite 'Team Six' and participated in 13 missions and 7 battles, earning numerous medals. Having fought life-and-death battles on countless battlefields, he surprised the world by coming out in 2013.

At that time, Beck confessed, "Since childhood, my body was male but my mind was female," and added, "Even during my military service, I struggled with this gender identity issue." He was married twice and has two sons, but reportedly had to fight his gender identity battle secretly from his family and colleagues.

He underwent hormone therapy to become female and had his beard removed with laser treatment. He gained fame through a 2013 interview with CNN's LGBTQ+ anchor Anderson Cooper. Recently, Beck made headlines by expressing regret over his past actions in an interview.

He said, "Everything that happened to me in the past 10 years ruined my life," and "I destroyed my life and now I am trying to fix it." Beck stopped hormone therapy seven years ago.

In particular, Beck criticized that he was used by related organizations as a propaganda tool to popularize LGBTQ+ issues. He warned, "I was very naive and was used only as a promotional tool in a really bad way," and "Americans need to know the harm transgender-related medical services are causing to children."

He continued, "Gender transition has become a kind of huge industry in the U.S.," pointing out, "Each gender clinic has probably attracted more than $50 million (about 65.16 billion KRW) so far." He also criticized, "People need to know how gender clinics are harming children. Americans need to wake up."