Friday, July 18, 2014

PBS Newshour: "Chelsea Manning to begin gender treatments in military custody"

"Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has approved the Army’s recommendation to keep the Army private in military custody and start a rudimentary level of gender treatment, a defense official said Thursday. Defense officials have said the Army doesn’t have the medical expertise needed to give Manning the best treatment."

"The decision raises a number of questions about what level of treatment Manning will be able to get and at what point she would have to be transferred from the all-male prison to a female facility." (read more)

14 comments:

chickelit said...

There's probably no reason to give him an artificial vagina as he probably prefers anal anyways. Maybe relocate it an inch or two forward? Implants, hormones and weekly waxes should do.

XRay said...

And the world has turned upside down.

KCFleming said...

So next week will we be giving anorexics liposuction because they feel fat?

Valentine Smith said...

Is there an adult in charge of any institution in this fucking country?

Chip Ahoy said...

Definitely NOT your grandfather's army.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

"The Army doesn't have the medical expertise."

The Army is in transition.

chickelit said...

Lem said...

The Army is in transition.

It's the kind of Army the mil-h8ers want to see evolve. They hate the military on an intense, visceral level. They find its culture brutish, unkind, and exclusionary. They coddle traitors and weaklings.

edutcher said...

What you'd expect from the Obamanation.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

If I'm ever in military custody, I'm going to insist everyone believe I'm Napoleon.

Sydney said...

I would hate to be a woman in one of the female institutions forced to be in close proximity to a man. Even if he really thinks he's a woman. It's bad enough losing privacy in front of other women, but in front of a man? Do they have standing to sue?

Unknown said...

the absurdity.
It's like Solyndra, will heels.
Or Tanya Harding with a hard on.
Only - WE have to pay for it.

William said...

Well now that they've got that VA situation squared away, they have more time to attend to Chelsea's surgical needs.

The Dude said...

You'll never get rich,
By becoming a bitch,
You're in the army now...

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

Change you can believe in?