After 14 months of hormone treatment in June last year Tur underwent successful sexual reassignment surgery transitioning from male to female
She said she was 'done hiding', after starting to push family and friends away and had suffered from body dysmorphic disorder.
Going through the transitional period 'has not been easy' Tur said, adding she had been worried how it would affect her children including daughter, Katy, who is a reporter on NBC Nightly News.
Tur, who married fellow reporter Marika Gerrard at age 23 and has dated Carrie Fisher, has more than 10,000 flying hours over war zones and riots.
She said in 2013 the hormone therapy had already affected the way she flew, adding that her thought pattern had become more analytical than instinctive.
These trannies—there’s no way they can get girl legs.
Just plain ugly!