An Associated Press report cites anonymous Pentagon officials who claim that the WikiLeaks source has been cleared for transfer, and will receive hormone therapy. A portrait of Chelsea Manning as she sees herself, created by Alicia Neal. Earlier today, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel reportedly approved an Army request to develop a plan to transfer transgender prisonerChelsea Manningfrom a military prison to a civilian facility so that she can begin hormone replacement therapy, according to the Associated Press. But Manning's attorney was highly skeptical of the legitimacy of the AP's report, which only cited "anonymous Pentagon officials." Coombsreleased a statementWednesday afternoon accusing the Pentagon of "strategically leaking" this story to the AP as a way to "pressure Chelsea into dropping her request for needed treatment under the artificial guise of concern for her medical needs." Coombs went on to accuse the military of transphobia, writing, "Rather than deal with the reality that transgender persons are currently serving in the military, the military would seek to pawn off any responsibility for these individuals to other entities." "Whether the Pentagon likes it or not, Chelsea is a military service member and responsibility for her falls on the military," said Coombs. "Although a … Continue reading →

An Associated Press report cites anonymous Pentagon officials who claim that the WikiLeaks source has been cleared for transfer, and will receive hormone therapy. A portrait of Chelsea Manning as she sees herself, created by Alicia Neal. Earlier today, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel reportedly approved an Army request to develop a plan to transfer transgender prisonerChelsea Manningfrom a military prison to a civilian facility so that she can begin hormone replacement therapy, according to the Associated Press. But Manning's attorney was highly skeptical of the legitimacy of the AP's report, which only cited "anonymous Pentagon officials." Coombsreleased a statementWednesday afternoon accusing the Pentagon of "strategically leaking" this story to the AP as a way to "pressure Chelsea into dropping her request for needed treatment under the artificial guise of concern for her medical needs." Coombs went on to accuse the military of transphobia, writing, "Rather than deal with the reality that transgender persons are currently serving in the military, the military would seek to pawn off any responsibility for these individuals to other entities." "Whether the Pentagon likes it or not, Chelsea is a military service member and responsibility for her falls on the military," said Coombs. "Although a … Continue reading →

An Associated Press report cites anonymous Pentagon officials who claim that the WikiLeaks source has been cleared for transfer, and will receive hormone therapy. A portrait of Chelsea Manning as she sees herself, created by Alicia Neal. Earlier today, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel reportedly approved an Army request to develop a plan to transfer transgender prisonerChelsea Manningfrom a military prison to a civilian facility so that she can begin hormone replacement therapy, according to the Associated Press. But Manning's attorney was highly skeptical of the legitimacy of the AP's report, which only cited "anonymous Pentagon officials." Coombsreleased a statementWednesday afternoon accusing the Pentagon of "strategically leaking" this story to the AP as a way to "pressure Chelsea into dropping her request for needed treatment under the artificial guise of concern for her medical needs." Coombs went on to accuse the military of transphobia, writing, "Rather than deal with the reality that transgender persons are currently serving in the military, the military would seek to pawn off any responsibility for these individuals to other entities." "Whether the Pentagon likes it or not, Chelsea is a military service member and responsibility for her falls on the military," said Coombs. "Although a … Continue reading →

JEDDAH The Associated Press on Wednesday reported that defense officials were trying to transfer Chelsea Manning, who seeks to live as a woman, to a civilian prison to facilitate that treatment. Defense officials said that one option under consideration was transferring Manning to a civilian prison. Manning is serving her sentence in all-male detention facilities at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Last year, Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison for providing more than 700,000 documents, videos, diplomatic cables and battlefield accounts to WikiLeaks in the biggest breach of classified materials in U.S. history. Manning worked as an intelligence analyst in Baghdad when she gave WikiLeaks the government material, which also included a 2007 video of a U.S. Apcache helicopter firing at suspected militants in Baghdad, killing two Reuters employees. Read the original: Chelsea Manning might be moved to civilian prison … Continue reading →