First Transgender Firefighter Comes Out at FDNY

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 First Transgender Firefighter Comes Out at FDNY
 
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          Oct 03, 2011
          
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Brooke, a transgender woman, is a third-generation firefighter and the first openly transgender person to serve with the FDNY, an organization that struggles with claims about lack of diversity.
 
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The Elsinore star gave a moving speech accepting Out magazine's Icon of the Year Award.

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