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Transgender Offutt airman – finally 'able to live as my true self' – finds support, acceptance during transition

Transgender Offutt airman – finally 'able to live as my true self' – finds support, acceptance during transition | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it

For years Ashleigh Buch hid the fact that she was transgender. The Offutt airman reported to work each day as a man, telling colleagues little about her life. Off the base, in her Omaha apartment, above, she lived as a woman, donning wigs over the hair she kept trimmed short. But as part of a wave of social change to hit the military, the Air Force instructor’s days of appearing one way at work and another at home are over.

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Falling in love in wartime Iraq

Falling in love in wartime Iraq | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
US Army interpreter Nayyef Hrebid and Iraqi soldier Btoo Allami fell in love at the height of the Iraq War. It was the start of a dangerous 12-year struggle to live together as a couple.
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Gay Iraqi soldiers share love story on 'Ellen'

Gay Iraqi soldiers share love story on 'Ellen' | PinkieB.com | LGBTQ+ Life | Scoop.it
Two gay Iraqi soldiers shared the story of how they met, fell in love and got married despite Iraq's homophobia on "Ellen." Nayyef and Btoo met as enlisted Iraqi soldiers in 2004. The pair began their relationship by eating meals together and say soon after they were sharing every meal. For fear of getting tortured or killed for being together, the couple kept their relationship a secret.
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