Chelsea Manning Told She Will Receive Gender Transition Surgery

[Steve Kinney]

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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.

[...]

> 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)

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