Ex-Navy SEAL who transitioned from male to female says he's now transitioning ... trends now
A retired Navy SEAL who made headlines about a decade ago after transitioning from a man to a woman has now decided to switch back to the sex of his birth, and is speaking out about transgender health issues among American children.
Kristin Beck, 55, who served in the military for 21 years, is now detransitioning and has reverted to their previous name of Chris Beck.
Beck had an impeccable record having served in the Navy for 20 years including SEAL Team Six - the most highly trained elite force in the US military.
He was deployed 13 times and received more than 50 medals and ribbons for his service including a Purple Heart and Bronze Star, but he is now turning his attention to the health of young people who are considering making similar choices to his own.
Transgender former US Navy Seal Senior Chief Kristin Beck is now detransitioning. Pictured in 2014
Beck, 55, the first openly transgender Navy SEAL is now transitioning back to a man and their previous name, Chris Beck
Kristin Beck, a former Navy SEAL who transitioned from a man, Chris Beck, to a woman and is now detransitioning, is seen speaking in a video from Beck's Twitter page
Beck had an impeccable record having served in the Navy for 20 years including SEAL Team Six - the most highly trained elite force in the US military
Beck is seen recovering from one of many surgeries at the start of their initial transition
'Everything you see on CNN with my face, do not even believe a word of it,' Beck told Robby Starbuck on his podcast.
'Everything that happened to me for the last 10 years destroyed my life. I destroyed my life. I'm not a victim. I did this to myself, but I had help. I take full responsibility. I went on CNN and everything else, and that's why I'm here right now. I'm trying to correct that.'
Beck referred to an interview he gave to CNN in June 2013 when he appeared on Anderson Cooper's show about his transitioning to a woman.
'I was used … I was very naive, I was in a really bad way and I got taken advantage of. I got propagandized. I got used badly by a lot of people who had knowledge way beyond me. They knew what they were doing. I didn't,' he said during Starbuck's two hour long podcast.
Beck claims that he was used by a Veterans Affairs doctor and other activists to push and 'normalize' what he says is the radical transgender agenda.
For 20 years, Chris Beck served in the military in various war zones
Beck became the first openly transgender Navy SEAL and one who has been awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze Star
Kristin Beck, now Chris Beck, is wearing their medals - a Bronze Star and Purple Heart
Beck, a former Navy SEAL who transitioned from a man to a woman is now detransitioning
Beck, right, it pictured with their partner, in photos from Beck's Facebook page
Beck says transgender health services are now hurting children.
'There are thousands of gender clinics being put up over all of America,' he said.
'As soon as [kids] go in and say, 'I'm a tomboy' or 'This makes me feel comfortable,' and then a psychologist says, 'Oh, you're transgender.' And then the next day, you're on hormones – the same hormones they are using for medical castration for pedophiles. Now, they are giving this to healthy 13-year-olds.'
'Does this seem right? This is why I am trying to tell America to wake up,' he said.
Beck explained that when he started his own journey of transitioning he was given just a one hour-long consultation at Veterans Affairs before being offered hormones.
'I walked into a psychologist's office, [and] in one day I have a
