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'When Captain Jesse Noble realised they were gender diverse, it "was kind of
like getting hit in the face with a truck".
"I really associate with both genders," Captain Noble said.
"It's this middle ground of the two."
At 35 years old, they had spent their entire life in the Pentecostal Church.
They had a career as a captain in the Australian Army.
Their life seemed completely at odds with a genuine expression of their gender
identity.
"I was very closeted about it," Captain Noble said.
"And I thought that I was basically going to tell maybe three people in my
whole life."
Despite that, in February, Captain Noble took their heart in their hands and
fronted up to their boss at Darwin's First Combat Signals Regiment.
"I said, 'Hey, so I'm going to be putting some paperwork up to you,'" they
said.
"I'm gender diverse. I'm non-binary, and I am going to be opting for the female
uniform."
Male dress standards in the army are stringent: hair must be cut shorter than 4
centimetres. No piercing, make-up or fingernail polish is permitted.
Captain Noble told their boss the female dress standards provided a greater
range of gender expression in terms of who they were as a person.'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
