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Jun 2022
43m 44s

Paula Neira: ‘I was always a woman’

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When Paula Neira graduated with distinction from the U.S Naval Academy in 1985 and went on to serve in the Navy, she was faced with the difficult choice. As a transgender woman, Paula had to make the difficult choice to leave the Navy so she could live au 
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