First U.S. transgender soldiers make gender transition after policy shift

For several years, transgender U.S. Army Captain Julia Harrison shunned military social events, anxious at the thought of having to wear the pants and coat of male service members despite identifying as a woman. "If I hadn't been able to wear that uniform then I simply wouldn't have attended the event," said Harrison, who asked to be identified by a pseudonym. A month after the repeal of a ban on transgender people openly serving in the U.S. military went into effect, Harrison is part of a small