LGBT hero who became first legal nonbinary person renounces ‘sham’ transgender life, becomes man again

THE BLAZE/Chris Enloe

In 2016, Jamie Shupe, a biological male, made international headlines after an Oregon judge granted him legal status as a “nonbinary” person, legally shedding gender designations that he felt oppressed his true identity as a woman. He had become the first American granted this legal status.

Just three years later, Shupe has renounced his former life, which he now characterizes as a “sham.”

In a personal essay published in the Daily Signal, Shupe, an Army veteran, recounted his story beginning with his longtime struggle with gender dysphoria to his overnight ascension as a “liberal media darling” after his major court win in 2016. Continue reading…