Military recognizes WikiLeaks defendant Manning as a woman

[kpete]

Source: AP

Military recognizes WikiLeaks defendant Manning as a woman
Mar. 5, 2015 5:30 PM EST






WASHINGTON (AP) — A military appeals court is recognizing the transgender defendant accused of leaking classified information to WikiLeaks as a woman.

The U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals in Washington issued the order pertaining to Chelsea Manning on Wednesday. The court says references to Manning in all future filings, orders and decisions shall use either feminine pronouns or gender-neutral phrases such as "Private First Class Manning."

The 27-year-old intelligence analyst, formerly known as Bradley Manning, obtained a legal name change in April. She was cleared last month to receive hormone therapy at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Manning is serving a 35-year sentence for leaking reams of war logs, diplomatic cables and battlefield video to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks in 2010.

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[Aerows]

1. I'm glad that

Chelsea is getting the treatment she deserves. She has been treated so rotten up until this point, and her sentence is a travesty.

[msanthrope]

4. She's getting hormone therapy. ...she may still have to transfer into

the federal system if she's going to go for gender reassignment surgery......simply because the US military system is totally unequipped to handle her further needs. Which is too bad, because Leavenworth is a far sight better, and better run than the vast majority of federal prisons.

As for her sentence, I think she has a fine lawyer, and I hope she gets a sentence reduction.

She's guilty, but I respect Private Manning.....she's no coward like Edward Snowden.

[Heidi]

2. Kick!

[Adrahil]

3. Good.

Not a fan of what Manning did, but every person deserves dignity in such matters.