MANNING, SEEKING GENDER TREATMENT, OK'D FOR MOVE

breitbart.com ^ | 5/14/14 | AP

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

MANNING, SEEKING GENDER TREATMENT, OK'D FOR MOVE

WASHINGTON (AP) — In an unprecedented move, the Pentagon is trying to transfer convicted national security leaker Pvt. Chelsea Manning to a civilian prison so she can get treatment for her gender disorder, defense officials said. Manning, formerly named Bradley, was convicted of sending classified documents to anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. The soldier has asked for hormone therapy and to be able to live as a woman. The request was the first ever made by a transgender military inmate and set up a dilemma for the Defense Department: How to treat a soldier for a diagnosed disorder without violating long-standing military policy. Transgender people are not allowed to serve in the U.S. military and the Defense Department does not provide such treatment, but Manning can't be discharged from the service while serving her 35-year prison sentence.

[Svartalfiar]

Transgender people are not allowed to serve in the U.S. military and the Defense Department does not provide such treatment, but Manning can't be discharged from the service while serving her 35-year prison sentence.

Easy solution. Transgender is not real. It's a mental condition, and I don't think medical treatment has been too effective. So, leave him 'in service', let him spend his 35 years in prison, then once he's released/discharged he can chop his wiener off if he wants.

[Tallguy]

The Army almost couldn’t bring itself to tell Maj. Hassan to shave his bear while he was a prisoner for shooting his fellow soldiers at Ft. Hood — meanwhile, Bradley Manning asks for therapy to change his gender? And gets it?

The entire country is off it’s collective nut!

[mojito]

The little sicko traitor Bradgelina Manning wants his weenie wacked off and US taxpayers are going to pay for it.

Let me just say that I'm not opposed to the entirety of this plan - just the “paying for it” part.