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 Manning’s 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,” Manning’s statement reads.
The statement also thanks supporters for letters and encouragement, donations and being at the trial.
Manning’s lawyer, David Coombs, said Manning wanted to wait until after the trial to release the statement so it wouldn’t “overshadow” the case, and said if Fort Leavenworth, where Manning is expected to serve time, doesn’t provide the treatment, they are prepared to fight for it however is necessary.
“I’m hoping that Fort Leavenworth would do the right thing and provide that. If Fort Leavenworth does not, then I’m 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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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.
You’d think that if they did psych profiles on entrants to the military, they could have stopped this crap before it begins.
I love the old movies. I watched them all night long on the weekends when I was a boy. Some of my favorites:
The Major and the Minor
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Imitation General
Ma & Pa Kettle (any one of them)
Grapes of Wrath
Any of the Science Fiction (e.g., Forbidden Planet, the Blob with McQueen) even the bad ones “Plan 9 from Outer Space.
Unfortunately, we probably will.
Proof that most homosexuals have mental problems
Mental illness is a tragic thing to witness and this individual is absolutely indisputable evidence that open homosexuals are unfit to serve in the military.
No, he is not female. He is just an insecure wimpy little kid that thinks women are intimidating and wants to have sex with boys instead.
Klinger was a straight guy wearing a dress hoping the Army would discharge him.
Col. Potter wasn’t buying it. Klinger went nowhere.
He’ll be thrilled that they’re assigning Big Willie as his new cellmate.
I’m not sure Leavenworth is the place to wear a blonde wig and call yourself Chelsea. :-)
The shrinks at Fort Leavenworth are going to busy whth that freak.
Maybe Hasan can be his shrink?
Good one!
I think they both need one.
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