Calpernia Adams

Born in 1971, Addams as a male served as a hospital corpsman for both the Navy and the Marines. She came out as transgendered in her last year of service and began dating PFC Barry Winchell as she began to transition. Sadly, Winchell was murdered by some fellow soldiers.

Addams left the limelight for a few years to mourn her tragic loss and later returned in a joint television venture with dear friend Andrea James. She had a reality dating show on LOGO called "Transamerican Love Story" in 2008, where she picked from a group of bachelors. She currently writes a blog on gender issues for Psychology Today.