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Bradley Manning Wants To Live As a Woman

Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes "Reuters reports that Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier sentenced to 35 years in military prison for the biggest breach of classified documents in the nation's history, says he is female and wants to live as a woman named Chelsea. '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,' Manning, 25, said in the statement read by anchorwoman Savannah Guthrie on NBC News' "Today" show. 'Given the way that I feel and have felt since childhood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible,' Manning said. 'I also request that starting today you refer to me by my new name and use the feminine pronoun.' A psychiatrist, Navy Reserve Captain David Moulton, testified during Manning's trial that Manning suffered from gender dysphoria, or wanting to be the opposite sex, as well as narcissism and obsessive-compulsive disorder."

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  1. Me too. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    As I transition into this next phase of my life, I want everyone to know the real me. I am Anonymous Cowardess, I am a female.

  2. Re:And this is relevant how...? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If she wants to be a man or woman, you insensitive clod!

  3. Re:And this is relevant how...? by gregulator · · Score: 5, Funny

    In one sentence: Bradley was our hero. Now Chelsea is our hero.

    That is two sentences.

  4. Re:And this is relevant how...? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now Chelsea is our hero.

    Bad move. Now no honest Arsenal fan can like him/her any more. :-)

  5. Re:Hormone therapy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes. If they let you go with a warning for smoking the joint, punch one of them.