Bradley Manning: "I am female"

[DigitalSid]

Wishes to now be known as Chelsea Manning:
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-08-22/bradley-manning-statement-i-am-a-female/

[LikeABoatOnWater]

love it

[CaudleHalbard]

Is this some sort of ploy to get better treatment in prison?

[arista]

Yes a military prison
with a Girl Chelsea.

Putting a Skirt on will get them Angry

[arista]

Is this some sort of ploy to get better treatment in prison?


No
its to piss them Off
at the Army base

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/08/22/article-2399923-1B4C443D000005DC-991_634x477.jpg
Chelsea in the mens section
thats a War.



[Struggle: In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Army, Pfc. Bradley Manning
poses for a photo wearing a wig and lipstick. Manning emailed her
military therapist the photo with a letter titled, 'My problem']

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2399923/I-Chelsea-Manning-Bradley-Manning-announces-woman-intends-start-hormone-therapy-transition-female.html#ixzz2chUUTtcb

[CaudleHalbard]

"She" will need to be kept away from the other prisoners who are not exactly going to be friendly towards an out gay man who some will regard as a traitor!

That is what I meant by ploy.

[arista]

"She" will need to be kept away from the other prisoners who are not exactly going to be friendly towards an out gay man who some will regard as a traitor!

That is what I meant by ploy.



They may keep him in a Single cell
no mixing.

[Livia]

He's an attention seeker.

[arista]

He's an attention seeker.


Could be

[Verbal]

"She" will need to be kept away from the other prisoners who are not exactly going to be friendly towards an out gay man who some will regard as a traitor!

That is what I meant by ploy.

You couldn't be more wrong. The 'female' prisoners, by that I mean the effeminate gay men, are untouchable in US prisons. They are treated like slaves, but if somebodys 'bitch' is messed with then that person is gonna have a bad day.

[CaudleHalbard]

I think he just wants to be kept completely away from other prisoners.

The timing of this is odd..........

[DanaC]

I thought he'd already sought counselling for gender dysmorphia before the case against him?

He was in counselling for something before he leaked the documents iirc.

[DigitalSid]

"She" will need to be kept away from the other prisoners who are not exactly going to be friendly towards an out gay man who some will regard as a traitor!

That is what I meant by ploy.

She's not a gay man, she is a transgendered straight woman.

[DanaC]

Indeed. Not the same thing at all.

[Marc]

Is it bad that I thought this was in reference to an Eastenders character?

[DanaC]

hahahahah bad? It's bloody awful :p

[Stu]

Free Chelsea!

[billy123]

I think he just wants to be kept completely away from other prisoners.

The timing of this is odd..........The timing is nothing except a choice by the media to run with it now while the story is at its peak so it suits them.
Bradley/Breanna/Chelsea has openly talked about problems with gender identification for years and it has been common knowledge since at least 2009.
This is just one of the first links i came across that isnt from the last few days.

http://nymag.com/news/features/bradley-manning-2011-7/index4.html 2011

http://boingboing.net/2010/06/20/was-alleged-wikileak.html 2010

The oh its a ploy comments are far wide of the mark.

[CaudleHalbard]

She's not a gay man, she is a transgendered straight woman.

Bradley is not transgendered, although he would like to be.

He would not, for example, be allowed to use a communal women's shower room.

[Nedusa]

Considering his now public stance on warfare and the moral conscience he has coupled with serious transgender issues one would have to wonder why he ever thought a career in the armed forces was the right one for him ( or her)...!!!

[Z]

Considering his now public stance on warfare and the moral conscience he has coupled with serious transgender issues one would have to wonder why he ever thought a career in the armed forces was the right one for him ( or her)...!!!

My first thought was that perhaps he was trying to escape his urges to become a woman by going into the most macho career he could think of. Reality, however, didn't work out for him.

[DanaC]

Well, according to what I read it was to pay for college.

Lot of the people serving in the US Army, do so because there are very few ways to finance a college degree.

[Nedusa]

Well he may be able to undertake a degree course in Prison paid for by the system.

So....... every cloud !!!

[Nemo123]

He has been incarcerated and tortured for the last 3 years of his life. I'm sure that has a bearing.