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Bradley Manning: I want to live as a woman
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| 22 Aug 13
| Scott Stump
Posted on 08/22/2013 5:40:32 AM PDT by LSUfan
Bradley Manning, the Army private sentenced to military prison for leaking classified documents, revealed he intends to live out the remainder of his life as a woman.
“I am Chelsea Manning. I am female,” the Army private wrote in a statement read on TODAY Thursday. “Given the way that I feel, and have felt since childhood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible. I hope that you will support me in this transition.”
Manning, 25, was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Wednesday after having been found guilty of 20 charges ranging from espionage to theft for leaking more than 700,000 documents to the WikiLeaks website while working in Iraq in 2010.
“I also request that, starting today, you refer to me by my new name and use the feminine pronoun (except in official mail to the confinement facility),” he continued in the statement. “I look forward to receiving letters from supporters and having the opportunity to write back.”
(Excerpt) Read more at today.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: army; homosexual; homosexualagenda; manning; wikileaks
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To: LSUfan
he may never want to be paroled from the men’s penitentiary.
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posted on
08/22/2013 7:55:57 AM PDT
by
elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
To: cincinnati65
35 years in prison should give him an incredible opportunity. He's eligible for parole after serving a third of his sentence, so it's unlikely he'll be in for more than twelve years.
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posted on
08/22/2013 8:35:20 AM PDT
by
KevinB
(A country that would elect Barack Obama president twice is no longer worth fighting for.)
To: ex91B10
If you can have "gender identity", then why not "race identity"? I have been thinking about trying this myself. Great idea. That would make the whole getting into good schools and getting good jobs and getting good promotions thing easier. Though I think it has already been tried
I was born a poor black child.
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posted on
08/22/2013 9:25:57 AM PDT
by
KevinB
(A country that would elect Barack Obama president twice is no longer worth fighting for.)
To: John O
Snowden was defending the Constitution in the only way open to him.If he had given the stuff to Mark Levin or Rush I would agree. Giving it to the chi-coms and Russians is not the way.
Manning was in no way qualified for the job he got. He was a post turtle.
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posted on
08/22/2013 10:50:49 AM PDT
by
SpeakerToAnimals
(I hope to earn a name in battle)
To: ReformationFan
I'm sure that the Federal Prison population will accommodate Bradley or Chelsea as it prefers to be called.
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posted on
08/22/2013 12:13:47 PM PDT
by
Doc91678
(Doc91678)
To: LSUfan; Chode
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posted on
08/22/2013 12:22:42 PM PDT
by
Morgana
(Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
To: AppyPappy
"I feel African American. Can I put that on my job applications?"
No, but Native American works for anybody. Go for it!
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posted on
08/22/2013 1:36:59 PM PDT
by
Only1choice____Freedom
(As long as America's tolerence of failure is not overwhelmed by a desire to succeed, we will fail.)
To: Morgana
comehere boy, let me fix that for you...
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posted on
08/22/2013 3:05:57 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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