*How about a simple whack job.*
Dr. Eowyn posted: " This morning on NBC's "Today" show, U.S. Army Pfc
Bradley Manning, who was sentenced yesterday by a military judge to 35
years in prison for leaking 750,000 pages of classified documents to the
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This morning on NBC's "Today" show, U.S. Army Pfc Bradley Manning, who
was sentenced
yesterday by a military judge to 35
years<http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/21/us/bradley-manning-sentencing/index.html>in
prison for leaking 750,000 pages of classified documents to the
anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, declared that henceforth, he wants to live as
a woman and to be called Chelsea, instead of Bradley.
The 5' 2", 105 lb. Manning read from a prepared statement:
"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."
Michael Pearson reports for CNN
<http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/22/us/bradley-manning/> that Army spokesman, *Lt.
Col. Justin Platt*, told CNN "The Army does not provide hormone therapy or
sex-reassignment surgery."
One Army official who was not authorized to speak publicly on Manning's
case said the private remains a male in the eyes of the Army. Another said
Manning would be treated like any other prisoner: "A lot of the inmates
have issues they're dealing with. Even if you have gender identity
disorder, you still serve your sentence."
But Manning's lawyer, *David Coombs*, already is threatening that he'll
take action if the Army doesn't provide Manning with the hormone therapy
that he's requesting of the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas:
"I'm hoping Fort Leavenworth would do the right thing and provide that. If
Fort Leavenworth does not, then I am going to do everything in my power to
make sure that they are forced to do so."
The issue of Manning's gender identity repeatedly surfaced in the court
martial proceedings. A widely circulated picture released by the military
shows Manning in drag, wearing a blonde wig. The image came from an e-mail
Manning sent to his sergeant titled, "My Problem," in which Manning wrote:
"It's not going away, it's haunting me more and more as I get older. Now,
the consequences of it are dire, at a time when it's causing me great pain
in itself. As a result, I'm not sure what to do about it."
Speaking in the sentencing phase of the court martial last week, *Manning
said the decision to leak 750,000 pages of classified documents came while
"dealing with* a lot of issues" -- a reference to *the gender identity
crisis.*
Manning's announcement brought a wide range of reaction. Some examples:
- On Twitter, where "Chelsea Manning" was a hot topic of discussion,
user onekade wrote of being "pretty much in awe of Chelsea Manning's
bravery, on so many fronts."
- * Conservative pundit John Podhoretz tweeted: "Chelsea Manning. This
country has officially jumped the shark." *
The issue of *taxpayers being required to pay for gender reassignment
surgery *has come up repeatedly in recent court cases:
- Earlier this year, a federal appeals court reinstated a lawsuit
brought by a transgender prisoner in Virginia, where the prison had refused
to allow her to undergo sex reassignment surgery.
- Last year a federal judge ordered Massachusetts to pay for a sex
change operation for a convicted murderer. The state is appealing that
decision.
According to Vincent Villano of the National Center for Transgender
Equality (NCTE), there are few good statistics on the number of transgender
inmates in U.S. prisons. Although a study of California prisons identified
330 transgender inmates in an overall prison population of 160,000, NCTE
nevertheless believes those numbers are higher.
*~Eowyn*
*Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/eowyn2/>* |
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