As we have discussed in our class, war is seen by the public as a masculine subject that creates a gender divide in the roles we play to support our country. In Nimo’s War, we see that some of the women’s roles consist of being a supportive army mother or a victim of sexually based war violence. Women are targeted in the middle of wars for rape, and gender persecution by the army itself. In the case of Kristen Beck, a transgender woman who formerly identified as a male Navy Seal soldier, we see the effects that military roles play on a person’s identity and how they are treated by the rest of the nation. Though Kristen Beck is skilled in the art of warfare and has received awards for her service as a man, she is criticized and disrespected as a woman. Part of the reason why Beck was treated so unfairly by the public is that we have this notion that women can’t be masculine in the way men are and that they have no place in the military. Her entire career as a Navy Seal is being devalued because she chose to express her femininity and come out as a woman. Not only was Kristin Beck treated differently by the public, she was also treated differently by her own friends and family. Though some are accepting, even those close to her were concerned with the fact that her identity as a soldier was the only part of her that was worth getting to know. Some believed that she had disgraced her community by revealing her true self. This sort of gender/sexual discrimination is quite commonplace in the military and even though the LGBTQ community is currently allowed to serve, they face prejudice and assault. This is another sense in which a family that is meant to support you refuses to accept that war affects everyone. Kristen Beck has become a true activist for the transgender community and challenges what war really means on a social level. That women are strong enough to defend our country and that patriotism does not need to be cloaked in toxic masculinity and sexual violence. She came out despite the negative reactions, such as Nimo worked in a private salon business despite it being discouraged by her government at the time where women were supposed to be wives or work for the government. Lady Valor is available on Netflix