Original title: "Der kalifornische Alptraum oder Wie ich glücklich wurde" (The Californian Nightmare or How I Became Happy) by Pamela Helen Bonert.
Pamela Helen Bonert (born Armin Bonert on December 17, 1950) is an author and the first transgender female soldier in the German Bundeswehr to have undergone gender reassignment surgery while serving in the army. She was already an Air Force officer with the rank of captain when she finally had her gender reassignment surgery in 1999 due to her trans identity.
The management of the Bundeswehr reacted by transferring her to the medical regiment as before 2001 the careers for women in the Bundeswehr were only open in the medical and military music service and thus Bonert could continue to pursue her military profession.