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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Indeed, he did. And plenty of other things as well.
Can’t take all the credit.
Mojitojoe first noticed 0.E.O.
[He’ll be back under yet another name.]
That’s awesome; I’d been waiting for them to draw ozone. Thanks for the Ping!
LOL, the kitties have struck!
Great job mojitojoe, come back, you’re missed!
Made my day!
Thanks so much, y’all.
We know he’ll reappear, but mojitojoe will spot him first!
Group hug
OEO has perished in the heat of battle.
Yet another NEOyankee shown to not be terribly conservative
Stainless or central or mojito or code
Can someone ping Dixie list for a moment of silence followed by a nice dip of Cope long cut to savor the moment
IATZ!
I like your threads that you post, I do, and I hope you keep posting them, but HG is a bit right in that your comment about the article is supposed to not be in the title but in your own comments. Polluting titles just makes a mess. When using a smart phone the extra text in the title just clutters the page.
Wow! That’s one pissed off pussycat! There’s Viking Kitties then there’s THAT one to answer to!
I don’t have the Dixie list but there certainly should be one.
LOL...good riddance
Just wait, before long someone will turn up talking about “Lost Cause Losers”....and it will be a dead giveaway.
(holding up glass in toast)
SB used to have one on his page
I have an enemies list on mine but so many always getting the A bolt for what they are its hard to keep up
I’m totally missing what your post means. Can you be a little more specific?
Yeah right....lol
Sure you can’t
OEO rode the bolt....NS
whatever
He’ll be back don’t fret
Why are you bothering me? Here’s to hoping that you’re next.
I still don’t have a freak’n clue what you are talking about. This thread is not even one that I was involved in.
Lol..kiss my grits you old coot.
How’s that Yankee son in-law of yours working out?
What, specifically, is this about?
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