Individualistic cultures are oriented around the self, independent instead of identifying with a group mentality. They see each other as only loosely linked, and value personal goals above that of the group.
Taryn Manning is currently single. She has been in five celebrity relationships averaging approximately 1.7 years each. She has never been married. Age: 36 (11/6/1978).
But Manning is not the first soldier born one gender and seeking to change it to another. There have been at least three such cases in the U.K.: Joanne Wingate, Caroline Paige and Jan Hamilton. In all three instances, the British soldiers transitioned from men to women while serving in the military.