Transgender Prison Officer Shares How Returning to Work Was More Fearful Than Flying to Iraq ✈️

Credit: SWNS<br /><br />Britain's first openly transgender prison officer says returning to work was 'scarier than getting a plane to Iraq' - but the reaction from colleagues and inmates 'saved his life'.<br /><br />Jaxon Feeley, who was born as Jessica, came out to his family and friends last year but feared returning to work after beginning his transition.<br /><br />He took time off work last October, just before he came out as trans, and returned three months later as Jaxon.<br /><br />Ex-squaddie Jaxon, 28, said returning to work was a scarier prospect than being on a plane flying to Iraq.