Posted on 08/23/2013 12:16:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The case of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning tested many complex questions about espionage, journalism and even treason. But there was always one thing that lingered as a subtext to the case: Manning's struggle with gender identity.
On Thursday, when Manning announced that he wants to be known as Chelsea Manning, it became clear that the subtext would become the focus and that Manning will now likely test military policy on transgender issues.
(NPR, like other news outlets, is at this point continuing to refer to the soldier as "Bradley Manning" on first reference.)
Cecilia Chung, a senior strategist for the Transgender Law Center in California, says Manning is walking into little-known territory. In a statement, Manning said that as part of his transition, he would seek to "begin hormone therapy as soon as possible."
But Manning, who was sentenced to 35 years in prison over the largest leak of classified information in U.S. history, is expected to serve his time at Ft. Leavenworth in Kansas. The historic military prison has just 515 beds and not a single female prisoner.
And while in the civil system, Chung said, courts have decided that not providing hormone therapy to inmates is cruel and unusual punishment, the same isn't so of the military. Court House News Service spoke to Kimberly Lewis, a spokeswoman at Ft. Leavenworth, who said that while Manning will have access to a psychiatrist and psychologist, the Army "does not provide hormone therapy or sex-reassignment surgery for gender identity disorder."
Manning's lawyer, David Coombs, said in an interview with NBC's Today that he hopes Fort Leavenworth does the right thing....
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Geeze. These people want to impose their personal issues on everyone else.
This is what happens when the leftists gain control of the military, chaos resulting from social experiment.
There is no such person as Chelsea Manning
There is a man named Bradley who has mental issues. His mental issues should be treated, not affirmed.
Love the hashtag. FOTFLMAO
OK, give me an exacto knife, a power drill and a blowtorch (for cauterizing) and I’ll do his change, free of charge!
I agree with your tag line.
Fine. Lend him a pocket knife.
No problem.
Make him the Leavenworth Whore, and they'll make him moan.
There's his therapy.
Be a real shame if someone inside ‘accidented’ this faggot puke asap and made all this irrelevant (til the next deviant pervert) ...
My take on the whole thing is that Manning just wants to screw the military—period. He doesn’t care about the personal cost to himself. He will make the military look bad even if he has to stay in jail till he’s 60 while living as a girl.
Maybe they should put him in solitary for the duration. (just for his own protection of course)
Adding hashtag garbage where it does not do anything..
And you KNOW it does nothing..
Is just lame. Fraudulent. Gay. Weak beyond weakness.
So tell me. Why have you added “hashtag” garbage to a
title on FR when you know that hashtag garbage does not work here.
Why?
It was a humorous way of adding a barf alert. When did Jim hand the reigns over to you? Mind if I ask how much you paid for the site?
The same time he allowed you to add hashgarbage, right around then.
See, if you can be ate-up, I can remark on it. Same same.
Mind if I ask how much you paid for the site?
Certainly not, feel free.
Oh, hey.. I forgot to add..
Calling the cops when someone disagrees with you is the weakest of weakness.
Like major pussy weak. Like that. Like you did.
Major.
Truckload of 3,000 gallons of vomit
This guy can pretend to be a woman all he wants, but he has no reasonable expectation of other people treating him as one and no right to force others to address him as such.
Interesting.
Especially since, as we have seen, you are the one to call the police when someone makes you sad.
Crying towels notwithstanding, it was YOU who has cried for assistance.
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