By Ginger Adams Otis and Erin Calabrese
NEW YORK — One of New York’s Bravest is breaking barriers — becoming the first transgender firefighter in city history.
The male-to-female firefighter has been openly welcomed by the FDNY, even as a Brooklyn judge handling a discrimination lawsuit against the department has blasted it for its lack of diversity.
The tall blonde, who now goes by Brooke, is a third-generation firefighter, with her father still on the job. The Post is withholding her full name.
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