Posted on 04/23/2014 9:04:57 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Bradley Edward Manning is no more.
A Kansas judge on Wednesday granted the former Army intelligence analyst's request to formally be known as Chelsea Elizabeth Manning.
"I've been working for months for this change, and waiting for years," she said in a statement applauding the order.
"It's worth noting that in both mail and in-person, I've often been asked, 'Why are you changing your name?' The answer couldn't be simpler: because it's a far better, richer, and more honest reflection of who I am and always have been -- a woman named Chelsea."
Manning is currently serving a 35-year sentence at the Army prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
She was convicted in July of stealing and disseminating 750,000 pages of documents and videos to WikiLeaks in what has been described as the largest leak of classified material in U.S. history. Manning was found guilty of 20 of the 22 charges against her, including violations of the U.S. Espionage Act....
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
HE wanted to be known as Chelsea Clinton Mezvinsky but the judge wouldn’t allow that.
Does this mean he is no longer Prisoner #5746921?
I guess Nasty Little Faggot was already being used.
The only thing nuttier than this ? The Kansas Judge who went along with this farce and abomination.
If he (that is subjective) wants to be called Chelsea and the atty was privately paid...I could care less.
But it does make me wonder what the next step will be.
keep it billeted with the lifer males , they can use the diversion
no good thing comes from Kansas
damn Jayhawker red legs
He’s still male. I don’t care how long his hair is, what he chops off, sews on, or where he drills a hole, HE IS MALE.
I refuse to play this PC bull hookey game.
Yes. EVERY CELL IN HIS BODY HAS MALE SEX CHROMOSOMES. There is no way the PC Police can change that fact.
OK, I'm done with that. Decided to be male again. You must use masculine prounouns to discuss me. If you don't....
I hear you.
It never counted. I didn’t see you post as Dagnabette.
Freak show. Let his cell mates sort this out.
Suck it, slaver.
I’m a little confused on how this matter came before a Kansas judge. I thought the Federal courts were handling all his business.
In the real world, he's a dude buried in a federal prison forever.
Woke up, and I was Chelsea Manning
And the first thing that I said
Was I wanted to be female
And wear wigs upon my head
If you think you'd like to buy me bras
And wrap them up, I take A-cup
Oh, don't you guess
I'll put on a dress
And I'll wear a bunch of make-up
Woke up, and I was Chelsea Manning
And the first thing that I saw
Was a thirty-five-year sentence
And no rainbow on the wall
All those big strong men to welcome me
Criminals can be so hardened
O, won't you please
I'm on my knees
Give this little girl a pardon
Now the cell door opens on my new friends for the day
And the hall is filled, they form a line
And two'd be fine
But look, there's nine
Whistles to blow today
Woke up, and I was Chelsea Manning
And the first thing that I know
That I now realize I'm lesbian
I should go where women go
And I don't like this place that I'm in
So stick me with some hormones
Oh, let me stay
Where I'll be okay
And we'll talk in diff'rent pronouns
When the cell door closes
And the rainbows all recede
I will tell you secrets
Hear me speak
The stuff you seek
Is what I'll leak
The only thing I need
Pretty badly, I'm not
Bradley, now I'm Chelsea Manning
A DC talk host (Chris Plante) from time to time has been channeling Joni Mitchell and singing “Woke up, it was a Chelsea Manning, ...”
I should have looked Charles. Nice job indeed. You take a different tack from Chris. I don’t think he ties in the espionage angle.
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