-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/14/2016 04:38 AM, Cecilia Tanaka wrote:
Chelsea Manning (@xychelsea) tweeted at 8:31 PM - 13 Sep 2016 :
Unending relief: .mil does right thing; just let me be me https://t.co/wO8Nf1xwMx
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Chelsea Manning Told She Will Receive Gender Transition Surgery, Her Lawyer Says The military’s decision — which the military will not confirm — follows a recommendation made by Manning’s psychologist more than five months ago.
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The decision ends a hunger strike that Manning began on Sept. 9, but it does not, at this point, end a hearing scheduled for Manning on Sept. 20 relating to charges resulting from Manning's suicide attempt earlier this summer.
"Thankfully the government has recognized its constitutional obligation to provide Chelsea with the medical care that she needs and we hope that they will act without delay to ensure that her suffering does not needlessly continue," Strangio said in a statement. Strangio added, however, that Tuesday's news doesn't alleviate all of the concerns of Manning's lawyers. First, he said, they will continue to monitor the situation to see how quickly the military moves forward with the recommended surgery. Second, Strangio noted, "Certainly, we're going to move forward with our litigation on the hair issue, as that remains a matter of concern." Finally, Strangio said it is the hope of Manning's lawyers that "all charges related to her suicide attempt and the investigation that followed are dropped."
When the news came out that Bradley was Chelsea, a lot of people in one of the online forums I was hanging out in were very confused, to put it mildly. A lot of them insisted it had to be a fake. They just couldn't wrap their heads around the truth. As for me, the only problem was "Why didn't I figure that out myself?" It explained a lot of details of the Manning story that did not previously make sense. As for the people who had been huge Manning fans and boosters until /that/ came out, my message to them was: "Whatever Chelsea wants, Chelsea gets." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSKJy2UZFfI Because fuck those people. :o) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJX2Tk9AAoJEECU6c5XzmuqD+MH/jWB1u+UKA76iDFt5QlkdkWR DX99kS4p9RAFAL9vWdAn2nIICJXyBHxPXU5TrwF7cC5RrtbIudB7IGojb5PRmWCI Xcfz0dvFDZrR5zAuDd0IN+oNCA9fjduVdMn6i9RDoICC48sFpkqWjN3MvbHTbj/0 9+nhO+WbKRk2UhRHJQkuSgAZg+ocJt2jo0PKXK3JbDqmseMdiBVToV/24NdgGzjq A8xIcsKHQJCaUhHL75n3jvcs8fJ/VMQY8cWCcodZ1bG5XNfQp/r8ISGq3zyHf49d nnkcGd/b6jQbjADETb+SvaVP0qZHg3xWKx789TVfZv/tMHvfZSxEZunFfbCNAN8= =7vBT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----