Posted on 08/22/2013 5:37:55 AM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning wants to live as a woman, his lawyer announced Thursday morning.
Manning, who was sentenced on Wednesday to 35 years in prison, asks to be called Chelsea Manning in a statement Mannings lawyer read Thursday morning on the Today show on NBC.
As I transition into this next phase of my life, I want everyone to know the real me. I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female. 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. 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). I look forward to receiving letters from supporters and having the opportunity to write back, Mannings statement reads.
The statement also thanks supporters for letters and encouragement, donations and being at the trial.
Mannings lawyer, David Coombs, said Manning wanted to wait until after the trial to release the statement so it wouldnt overshadow the case, and said if Fort Leavenworth, where Manning is expected to serve time, doesnt provide the treatment, they are prepared to fight for it however is necessary.
Im hoping that Fort Leavenworth would do the right thing and provide that. If Fort Leavenworth does not, then Im going to do everything in my power to make sure that they are forced to do so, Coombs said.
Fort Leavenworth told Courthouse News on Tuesday that it does not provide sex-reassignment surgery or hormone therapy, but it does provide psychiatric care.
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This story is good for one news cycle.
So we’re supposed to be liberal on the subject of sex changes for military men/women/trans-whatever????
And now he has a good excuse for what he did per the liberals. He has gender identity issues, and needs a sex change.
Can’t believe some of the issues we’re confronted with nowadays..........................
Yet another reason why I quit going to the movies more than thirty years ago: truth is always stranger than fiction.
Manning Heeshee is going to just love it in stir.
OK. Give the little freak a 12ga “sex reassignment”. Problem solved.
Bradley Manning:
“When I was in my male mode, I wanted to copy thousands of documents and pass them along to WikiLeaks”
“When I was in my female mode, all I wanted to do was make crumpets for tea and layout doilies on the dining room table”.
“Most of the time I was in my male mode I think”.
Remember Klinger from M*A*S*H?
PHOOEY, Bradley! You’re NOT a female—that’s a delusion from Satan!
And CHELSEA—just like Chelsea clinton? That PROVES it’s a delusion from Satan!! PHOOEY again!!!!
If he wants to be a female then being in prison will be good practice for him.
proof that all faggots are a security risk
Manning is already requesting the government grant him a pardon. Now (s)he’s requesting the government grant him a part off.
Maybe Chelsea Clinton will lead the fight to change this fine young soldier’s gender. Hey, at this point what difference would it make?
No Bradley, you’re a male, albeit a troubled one.
You're probably right, but never underestimate the power of the Liberal media to make Bradley.... err.... Chelsea a sympathetic figure.
If I ever get locked up, I’m going to try that routine. Might as well get locked up in a female prison.
Heard about it this morning...now we’re going to have put up with the “freak card” too.
Ten bucks says that sissy boy gets his surgery as well...courtesy of that shrinking pool of suckers who are actually net *contributors* to the United States Treasury.
Bradley: “I am a female.”
Cellmates: “You are our bitch.”
The meaning’s all in the phrasing, I suppose.
If he no longer wants to be associated with being a man then shouldn’t he also change his last name?
Chelsea Womanning
I love to watch old classic movies on TCM. I can live in a better world for two hours at a time.
Yes, I know 30s-50s Hollywood itself was rotten to the core. But the movies weren’t.
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