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.