90-Year-Old WWII Vet: 'My Whole Life Has Been A Lie'

>>A WORLD WAR II VET HAS COME FORWARD AT THE AGE OF 90 AND HAS
CONFESSED TO THE WORLD THAT SHE -- EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS BORN HE
-- IDENTIFIES AS A WOMAN.
PATRICIA DAVIES IS HER NAME, I
THINK THIS IS AN INTERESTING STORY ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU
CONSIDER THE FACT THAT NOT ONLY WAS SHE A VET, BUT SHE WAITED
UNTIL THE AGE OF 90 TO COME FORWARD PUBLICLY AND IDENTIFY
WITH WHO SHE REALLY IS. AND I THINK THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
THE
NEW YORK POST DID AN INTERVIEW WITH HER, AND IT WAS A
PRETTY DECENT INTERVIEW TO BE FAIR TO THE NEW YORK POST,
SO I WANT TO GIVE HER A CHANCE TO SHARE HER STORY.
>>SO WE'LL HAVE THE NEW YORK POST VIDEO LINK IN THE
DESCRIPTION BOX, BUT I'M GLAD THEY DID THAT STORY, I THINK
IT'S A POWERFUL STORY.
THINK ABOUT IT -- IT TOOK HER 87 YEARS
TO COME OUT.
SHE KNEW SINCE SHE WAS THREE.
LOOK AT ALL THE MYTHS
IT BUSTS -- OH, THEY JUST MAKE A DECISION LATER IN LIFE BECAUSE
THEY WANT TO GET INTO FEMALE BATHROOMS OR WHATEVER.
NO, HE --
BACK WHEN HE WAS A HE FOR ALL THAT TIME, KNEW ALL THE WAY BACK
AT THREE YEARS OLD.
THEN THERE IS ALL THE OLD-SCHOOL
STEREOTYPES ABOUT LGBTQ FOLKS -- SHE FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II AS A
SOLDIER FOR THE BRITISH ARMY.
IT DOESN'T GET ANY MORE COURAGEOUS
THAN THAT, FIGHTING THE NAZIS LOOKS PRETTY GOOD ON YOUR RESUME
IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO MAKE A POINT ABOUT HOW COURAGEOUS YOU
ARE.
SHE WASN'T LOOKING TO MAKE A POINT AT THE TIME, SHE WAS
JUST A SOLDIER.
BUT I LOVE THIS STORY AND I LOVE THAT SHE
FINALLY CAME OUT ABOUT IT.
MAYBE THE MOST TOUCHING PART ABOUT IT IS HOW SHE TOLD
HER WIFE.
>>SHE TOLD HER WIFE, AND IN SOME CASES A RELATIONSHIP WITH AND AS
A RESULT OF THIS, BUT HER WIFE WAS ACTUALLY EXTREMELY
SUPPORTIVE, AND WAS BUYING HER JEWELRY AND DRESSES.
I MEAN --
THAT MELTS MY HEART.
THAT'S A REALLY GREAT PERSON.
HER WIFE
UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY AND IS NO LONGER WITH US BUT I JUST
LOVE HEARING THAT, I LOVE HEARING SHE WAS SUPPORTIVE.
>>AS YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO, SHE CAME OUT TO HER WIFE ALL THE WAY
BACK IN 1987.
IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST HEARTWARMING STORIES I
HEARD, WHEN I FOUND OUT THE WIFE WAS ACCEPTING AND THEN BOUGHT
DRESSES FOR HER AND STUFF.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT HUMAN
BEINGS CAN BE DECENT TO ONE ANOTHER FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT
SHE WAS STILL SO SCARED OF THE REST OF THE WORLD THAT SHE KEPT
IT TO HER WIFE, AND THEY KNEW ABOUT THIS AND THEY LIVED THIS
SEPARATE LIFE.
BUT NOW FINALLY TIMES HAVE CHANGED ENOUGH WHERE
SHE'S GATHERED UP THE COURAGE TO COME OUT. AND I WANT YOU TO
THINK ABOUT THAT TOO -- SHE HAD ENOUGH COURAGE TO FIGHT THE
NAZIS, BUT OUR SOCIETY WAS SO BACKWARD FOR SO LONG THAT IT
TOOK MORE COURAGE TO COME OUT AS TRANS.
SO FOR THE FOLKS WHO GREW
UP IN A DIFFERENT ERA AND THINK IT'S NO BIG DEAL, TRUST ME, THAT
WASN'T THE CASE FOR A LONG TIME.

90-Year-Old WWII Vet: 'My Whole Life Has Been A Lie'

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