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An exquisite book about serving in the U.S. military as a transgender person, with just enough historical and sociological context to make the volume's personal stories that much more meaningful ... A simple description can't do justice to the beauty, elegance, and courage displayed here. Readers will want to meet and spend time with these contributors. A worthwhile collection, highly recommended for all readers. * STARRED Library Journal * With Honor and Integrity shares the pain of the closet and the triumph of transition for transgender patriots. Their stories underscore how policies of integrity and truth serve our nation best. Our nation's thanks goes to the brave souls who have blazed trails and shared their truths. -- C. Dixon Osburn, co-founder of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network With Honor and Integrity is a must-read book by two of the nation's leading experts. This volume is a badly needed contribution to our understanding of military service by transgender personnel, but it's also much more than that, providing invaluable historical context and insightful policy analysis. Most of all, it centers transgender and gender-diverse Americans who show, in their own voices, that it's possible to live authentically while serving in uniform. -- Aaron Belkin, Director of the Palm Center The world has waited too long to hear directly from the transgender patriots who have put their lives on the line to protect the rest of us. Now, at last, two leading voices in the field who have worn the uniform themselves, have brought together an extraordinary collection of first-hand accounts by active-duty service members and veterans, officers and enlisted personnel, those who have undergone transition and those who are doing so or may in the future. In the process, Mael Embser-Herbert and Bree Fram have made an invaluable contribution to our understanding of gender and military service, showing once again what it means to serve their country. -- Nathaniel Frank, author of Awakening: How Gays and Lesbians Brought Marriage Equality to America The experiences of transgender servicemembers have been all too scant in analyses of the US military's anti-LGBT history. With Honor and Integrity ameliorates this absence, powerfully demonstrating the impact of gendered military policy on the trans and gender nonconforming people who serve under its watchful eye. In their own words, the trans servicemembers that Embser-Herbert and Fram profile show the difference that supportive-or unsupportive-supervisors, colleagues, and policies can make. This extremely timely intervention is a must-read for military scholars and policymakers alike. -- Catherine Connell, author of the forthcoming A Few Good Gays: The US Military's Incomplete Gender and Sexuality Revolution

An exquisite book about serving in the U.S. military as a transgender person, with just enough historical and sociological context to make the volume's personal stories that much more meaningful ... A simple description can't do justice to the beauty, elegance, and courage displayed here. Readers will want to meet and spend time with these contributors. A worthwhile collection, highly recommended for all readers. * STARRED Library Journal * With Honor and Integrity shares the pain of the closet and the triumph of transition for transgender patriots. Their stories underscore how policies of integrity and truth serve our nation best. Our nation's thanks goes to the brave souls who have blazed trails and shared their truths. -- C. Dixon Osburn, co-founder of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network With Honor and Integrity is a must-read book by two of the nation's leading experts. This volume is a badly needed contribution to our understanding of military service by transgender personnel, but it's also much more than that, providing invaluable historical context and insightful policy analysis. Most of all, it centers transgender and gender-diverse Americans who show, in their own voices, that it's possible to live authentically while serving in uniform. -- Aaron Belkin, Director of the Palm Center The world has waited too long to hear directly from the transgender patriots who have put their lives on the line to protect the rest of us. Now, at last, two leading voices in the field who have worn the uniform themselves, have brought together an extraordinary collection of first-hand accounts by active-duty service members and veterans, officers and enlisted personnel, those who have undergone transition and those who are doing so or may in the future. In the process, Mael Embser-Herbert and Bree Fram have made an invaluable contribution to our understanding of gender and military service, showing once again what it means to serve their country. -- Nathaniel Frank, author of Awakening: How Gays and Lesbians Brought Marriage Equality to America The experiences of transgender servicemembers have been all too scant in analyses of the US military's anti-LGBT history. With Honor and Integrity ameliorates this absence, powerfully demonstrating the impact of gendered military policy on the trans and gender nonconforming people who serve under its watchful eye. In their own words, the trans servicemembers that Embser-Herbert and Fram profile show the difference that supportive-or unsupportive-supervisors, colleagues, and policies can make. This extremely timely intervention is a must-read for military scholars and policymakers alike. -- Catherine Connell, author of the forthcoming A Few Good Gays: The US Military's Incomplete Gender and Sexuality Revolution The editors succeed mightily in producing a volume about the challenges and rewards of military service for transgender troops that will engage a wide readership. All libraries should acquire this necessary title. -- C. Pinto * Choice *

An exquisite book about serving in the U.S. military as a transgender person, with just enough historical and sociological context to make the volume's personal stories that much more meaningful ... A simple description can't do justice to the beauty, elegance, and courage displayed here. Readers will want to meet and spend time with these contributors. A worthwhile collection, highly recommended for all readers.-- STARRED Library Journal The world has waited too long to hear directly from the transgender patriots who have put their lives on the line to protect the rest of us. Now, at last, two leading voices in the field who have worn the uniform themselves, have brought together an extraordinary collection of first-hand accounts by active-duty service members and veterans, officers and enlisted personnel, those who have undergone transition and those who are doing so or may in the future. In the process, Mael Embser-Herbert and Bree Fram have made an invaluable contribution to our understanding of gender and military service, showing once again what it means to serve their country.--Nathaniel Frank, author of Awakening: How Gays and Lesbians Brought Marriage Equality to America With Honor and Integrity is a must-read book by two of the nation's leading experts. This volume is a badly needed contribution to our understanding of military service by transgender personnel, but it's also much more than that, providing invaluable historical context and insightful policy analysis. Most of all, it centers transgender and gender-diverse Americans who show, in their own voices, that it's possible to live authentically while serving in uniform.--Aaron Belkin, Director of the Palm Center With Honor and Integrity shares the pain of the closet and the triumph of transition for transgender patriots. Their stories underscore how policies of integrity and truth serve our nation best. Our nation's thanks goes to the brave souls who have blazed trails and shared their truths.--C. Dixon Osburn, co-founder of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network The experiences of transgender servicemembers have been all too scant in analyses of the US military's anti-LGBT history. With Honor and Integrity ameliorates this absence, powerfully demonstrating the impact of gendered military policy on the trans and gender nonconforming people who serve under its watchful eye. In their own words, the trans servicemembers that Embser-Herbert and Fram profile show the difference that supportive--or unsupportive--supervisors, colleagues, and policies can make. This extremely timely intervention is a must-read for military scholars and policymakers alike.--Catherine Connell, author of the forthcoming A Few Good Gays: The US Military's Incomplete Gender and Sexuality Revolution

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Máel Embser-Herbert (Editor) Máel Embser-Herbert is Professor of Sociology at Hamline University. They are a veteran of the US Army and author of Camouflage Isn’t Only for Combat: Gender, Sexuality, and Women in the Military and The U.S. Military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Policy: A Reference Handbook. Bree Fram (Editor) Bree Fram is a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Space Force who has held command at the squadron level, led USAF security cooperation with Iraq, and led space acquisition programs. She is the President of SPARTA, an organization that advocates and educates about transgender military service.

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