One of the main reasons I still continue to serve is because I love the job. I also hope people come out to the units. When I did go back into the office environment for five years, I started the positive space group in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with three other lovely women. It got so successful that Ottawa took it over. Now it's a nationwide project.
Within those five years, I helped over 50 trans people come out to their units. I helped the medical system reform itself. I've seen a lot of changes. I've seen a lot of good stuff come out of this. I've helped anybody in the LGBT community. I've become the positive space in my own group. Anybody from across the unit knew exactly who I was and could come and talk to me at any given time.
I got over to Esquimalt, and in Esquimalt there was no positive space; there was no LGBT working group. I have since started one, and I've only been there since August.
My goal is to make this a very inclusive military. I know I have the support of the captain of the base, captain (navy), so I know I have all the support I need, including from my own chain of command, to make this get off the ground running. So far, it has been working successfully.