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user-inactivated · 4115 days ago · link · · parent · post: Chelsea (Bradley) Manning speaks about transgender status
it's been pretty well known for years actually, this is just the first time she's publicly spoken about it
geneusutwerk · 4115 days ago · link ·
I remember hearing about it during discussions of Manning's psych profile I think. Here is an article from two years ago that mentions it: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/07/bradle.../Manning had lost his "emotional support channels" and was stuck "with a bunch of hyper-masculine trigger happy ignorant rednecks as neighbors." That was particularly bad because Manning was struggling with another revelation about himself: he was transsexual. As he told Lamo, "the only safe place i seem to have is this satellite internet connection."