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Bradley Manning Wants To Live As a Woman

Posted by timothy on from the symbolic-of-our-struggle-against-oppression dept.

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. Hormone therapy? by brian0918 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Will they really provide that in prison?

    1. Re:Hormone therapy? by Smauler · · Score: 5, Interesting

      You ever been raped? You ignorant asshole.

      Yes.

      Why do you think so many rape victims commit suicide? Even after months or years of therapy and trying to forget?

      It's a horrible experience. Some people can't deal with it.

      At least if the person is killed, the torment is over.

      My torment was over years ago... it was tough getting over it, but I did, and am glad to be alive.

      I certainly wish my attacker had been raped in prison, and then killed, so my tax dollars doesn't keep him alive.

      I feel nothing but pity for my attacker. He never went to prison, by the way, his punishment was being deported back to his own country. I don't hate him any more, I don't care about him at all. I used to want revenge, but I figured out it was hurting me more than it would hurt him.

      If you can't appreciate that, you obviously have no experience in the subject, and can take your self-righteous indignation and shove it up your ass.

      I do have experience of this. You're the one with the self righteous indignation. You're the one claiming murder is almost equivalent to rape. I'm a happy, relatively well adjusted person now.

      Also, I resent the fact that you imply that no one can comment on the issue unless they have been raped. People are allowed opinions on stuff that has not actually happened to them.

  2. Re:And this is relevant how...? by Joining+Yet+Again · · Score: 5, Interesting

    No offence to you, but I don't give a fuck about your opinion. And normally I wouldn't say it, but since you seem to think it's important to tell everyone what you don't care about...

    I find Manning's actions and any information about her history which would go toward explaining them both interesting and important. People do not act in a vacuum.