Military Approves Hormone Treatment For Chelsea Manning
AP|By LOLITA C. BALDOR
Posted: 02/12/2015 8:01 pm EST
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/12/chelsea-manning-hormone-treatment_n_6674392.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Department officials said Thursday that hormone treatment for gender reassignment has been approved for Chelsea Manning, the former intelligence analyst convicted of espionage for sending classified documents to the WikiLeaks website........
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About time she is being treated as a human. Right or wrong what she did in the eyes of people she should not be denied who she is as a person.
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Quote from: mrs izzy on February 12, 2015, 09:46:47 PM
A warning :police:
We have added many of a post about Chelsea.
This is to remind everyone about not violating Tos or any site rules.
I have instructed staff to have 0 tolerance.
Thanks
Mrs. Izzy
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What are we not allowed to say about her?
In any case, I'm thrilled she's getting what she needs.
Quote from: Abysha on February 12, 2015, 09:54:31 PM
What are we not allowed to say about her?
Bashing Ms. Manning (or anyone else) on this forum is againt the rules.
Quote from: Abysha on February 12, 2015, 09:54:31 PM
What are we not allowed to say about her?
In any case, I'm thrilled she's getting what she needs.
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Quote from: Jill F on February 12, 2015, 09:59:40 PM
Bashing Ms. Manning (or anyone else) on this forum is againt the rules.
Oh, awesome. I thought I would get in trouble for saying that "a true heroine is born"! I love that chick.
Misgendering, subtle or overt will be dealt with so leave politics out of this thread.
Thank you all!
I think the way we treated her was a national embarrassment. I'm glad that Obama & Company finally did the right thing.
I'm glad she's getting her treatment, it's a step forward for all of us.
Quote from: suzifrommd on February 13, 2015, 06:44:38 AM
I think the way we treated her was a national embarrassment. I'm glad that Obama & Company finally did the right thing.
Being from Canada the concept is a bit different here militarily but... If someone devoted their life to protect their country then they deserve respect period. ;)
News is news but positive news is always way better to hear.
Maybe she will bring better light to the LGBTQ struggles in the U.S. military.
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Quote from: Devlyn Marie on February 13, 2015, 07:39:33 AM
I'm glad she's getting her treatment, it's a step forward for all of us.
Ditto.
This is independent of any other opinion I have of her. Even the worst of the worst in custody deserve to have their rights respected.
I'm not a fan of her or her actions at all. This isn't the place for explaining why, but I wanted to have my cards face-up. I'm not impressed by Mr. Miranda ("You have the right to remain silent...") either, but good policy doesn't worry about how much you like a particular defendant.
The "what" gets a lot of attention here, and for good reason. I'm also a little bothered by the "how" and "why" though. It's bad enough they were talking about withholding healthcare from an inmate, but the mechanism for doing so simply doesn't exist in a civilized society bound by the rule of law. We can lessen punishments for various reasons, but when you have somebody who has already been sentenced for her crimes you absolutely don't get to throw in a malicious little torture simply because the inmate hands you a lever you can use against her. It would have been bad enough if they acted like healthcare was something which could have been withheld for some infraction or other, but they didn't even attempt to suggest there was an infraction and were looking to screw her over for the sheer petty retribution of it.
At any rate, it's important to this community to see her getting proper healthcare recognized as such. It's also important to see the system pass on the opportunity to be simply vindictive.