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Leaker Manning reveals he is a female and should be addressed as Chelsea

Thursday, August 22nd 2013 - 23:22 UTC
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“I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible”, said the former junior intelligence analyst “I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible”, said the former junior intelligence analyst

Bradley Manning, sentenced to 35 years in military prison for the biggest breach of classified US documents in US history, said in a statement 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 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.”

Manning's lawyer David Coombs said on the program that he expected Manning to get a pardon from President Barack Obama.

Manning, a former junior intelligence analyst, was sentenced on Wednesday for turning over more than 700,000 classified files, battlefield videos and diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks in the biggest breach of secret data in the nation's history.

Manning is expected to serve the sentence at the US Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Coombs has said the soldier could be pardoned in seven years.
 

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  • reality check

    I thought his name had been changed to Inmate Manning?

    Aug 23rd, 2013 - 01:04 am 0
  • golfcronie

    Should get along fine with the inmates of a male prison, they will be all lining up to have a go at Chelsea, ( Tottenham fans already do )

    Aug 23rd, 2013 - 01:45 am 0
  • LEPRecon

    @2 golfcronie

    LOL!

    Aug 23rd, 2013 - 04:46 am 0
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