"For more than two decades, she served in uniform - through war, technological transformation, and the creation of the U.S. Space Force itself. She rose to the rank of colonel, led billion-dollar national security programs, deployed overseas, and helped build the nation's newest armed service with an eye toward the future rather than nostalgia for the past. Then, in December, her career ended abruptly."
"Not because of failure or misconduct. Not because she could no longer do the job. But because the Trump administration decided that transgender people no longer belonged in the ranks. Weeks later, Fram stood at a retirement ceremony unlike any other at the Human Rights Campaign headquarters, presided over by retired four-star general Stanley McChrystal - one held not in triumph but in defiance, honoring transgender service members forced out under a sweeping ban. The moment was both an ending and a reckoning."
Fram served 23 years in uniform, rising to colonel, leading billion-dollar national security programs, deploying overseas, and helping build the U.S. Space Force. Her career ended in December when the Trump administration's ban on transgender service members forced her out despite no failure or misconduct. Weeks later, she participated in a retirement ceremony at Human Rights Campaign headquarters presided over by retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal that honored transgender troops forced into retirement. Fram has launched a congressional campaign in Virginia, framing her bid around loss, conviction, and a belief that government should inspire confidence and work for the American people.
Read at Advocate.com
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