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Why I Admire Chelsea (Formerly Known As Bradley) Manning

September 5, 2013 Matthew Johnson, www.popularresistance.org Educate! Chelsea Manning, LGBTQ, Wars and Militarism

I admire Manning for willingly taking on the role of scapegoat to attempt to hold the government accountable in the court of U.S. public opinion, even though she was blocked from doing so in the court in which she stood trial this past summer. While the national security state’s hegemony remains intact, Manning put a sizable dent in its armor. Lastly, I admire her for a different reason — for holding true not only to her principles (namely the commitment to peace and justice through ending the unjust occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq) but to her identity, which is just as inconvenient to the military as the crimes she exposed. She is an inspiration to everyone unfairly closeted due to gender or sexual identity and is now one of the leading foot soldiers in the struggle for transgender recognition and equality.

How Cultural Ignorance Is Killing Trans Americans

August 29, 2013 Katie McDonough, www.salon.com Educate! Chelsea Manning, LGBTQ

And on Aug. 27, while hundreds of mourners prepared to gather for a vigil in Nettles’ honor, “Fox and Friends” opened a segment on Manning with Aerosmith’s “Dude Looks Like a Lady.” These are not unrelated events. Our culture’s ignorance about transgender rights isn’t just a matter of semantics, media bluster or political fault lines; popular narratives that dehumanize the lives and experiences of trans people take a heavy human toll — and come with a body count. “They were called faggots, they were called he-shes, she-males, things of that nature,” Nettles’ mother, Dolores, told WABC of the assault, in which a 20-year-old man violently attacked Nettles after learning she was transgender. Nettles’ story is made more tragic by how common such violence is in the United States.

Chelsea Manning is Willing to Pay For Her Own Hormone Therapy

August 27, 2013 Josh Voorhees, www.slate.com Educate! Chelsea Manning, Criminal Justice and Prisons, LGBTQ

"It was Chelsea's intent to do this all along," David Coombs told the Associated Press last night, explaining why his client made her announcement so soon after she was sentenced. "It was only after Fort Leavenworth had said that they would not provide any sort of medical treatment that we decided not to wait." In his interview with the AP, Coombs also detailed the specifics of Manning's plan: She's willing to pay for estrogen treatments that would promote female characteristics including breast development, she does not want sex-reassignment surgery at this point, and she expects to be kept with men in prison. Coombs has made it clear that he'll pursue any and all legal options on behalf of his client if the prison prevents Manning from receiving the hormone therapy.

Canadian Olympians March In Protest Of Russia’s Anti-Gay Law

August 26, 2013 Adrian Morrow and Eric Duhatschek,www.theglobeandmail.com Organize! LGBTQ

Canada’s Olympic team has spent the past several months reaching out to the gay community, after a decision in February that Pride events would be part of the athletes’ roster of public appearances in the lead-up to the Games. On Sunday, they marched in Capital Pride for the first time. “What an incredibly powerful day today has been. I am so proud to be marching on behalf of my fellow Olympians,” Katie Weatherston, who won a gold medal in 2006 as part of the women’s hockey team in Turin, said in a statement after the Pride event. “Sport has the power to unite us all, regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation.” The president of the Canadian Olympic Committee, meanwhile, said Canadians must promote acceptance beyond the country’s borders.

Manning: I Am Chelsea Manning

August 22, 2013 Staff, www.today.com Educate! Chelsea Manning, LGBTQ

As I transition into this next phase of my life, I want everyone to know the real me. I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female. Given the way that I feel, and have felt since childhood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible. I hope that you will support me in this transition. I also request that, starting today, you refer to me by my new name and use the feminine pronoun (except in official mail to the confinement facility). I look forward to receiving letters from supporters and having the opportunity to write back.

The International Olympic Committee’s Selective Morality

August 18, 2013 Jules Boykoff, www.dissentmagazine.or Educate! LGBTQ

"And yet, the IOC’s response thus far has been shameful mix of foot-dragging and wishful gullibility. First, it meekly asserted it had “received assurances from the highest level of government in Russia” that the anti-gay law would not be brandished against Olympic athletes and fans. In response, Vitaly Mutko, Russia’s Minister of Sports, vowed that, in fact, no one was above the law. Monday he received backing from the Interior Ministry, which stated the law will indeed be enforced during the Games. This is no obscure bureaucratic proclamation—the Interior Ministry oversees the Russian police force."

Swedish Athlete Told To Repaint Rainbow Nails For Olympics

August 18, 2013 Jim Heintz, www.abcnews.go.com Educate! Democracy, Freedom of Speech and Assembly, LGBTQ

" The Swedish high jumper who painted her fingernails in rainbow colors to support gay rights at the world championships took the field Saturday with bright red nail polish this time. Emma Green Tregaro had been told by Swedish officials that the rainbow gesture, which brought international attention as a protest against Russia's new law against gay "propaganda," could be a violation of the competition's code of conduct."

Russian Gold Medalists Kiss On Stand

August 18, 2013 Maggie Hendricks, www.sports.yahoo.com Resist! LGBTQ

Kseniya Ryzhova and Tatyana Firov won a world championship as a part of the 4x400m relay team at the IAAF track championships in Moscow. They edged out the American and British teams for the gold. While on the medal stand, they kissed to protest their own country's anti-gay propaganda laws. This isn't the first protest of Russia's laws that penalize anyone for talking about homosexuality in front of children, but it's the most visible one done by Russian athletes. U.S. runner Nick Symmonds dedicated his silver medal in the 800m to his gay friends back home, and Swedish high jumper Emma Green Tregaro painted her nails in a rainbow in honor of LGBT pride.

Olympic Committee Threatens To Punish Athletes Who Fight For Gay Russians

August 14, 2013 Tris Reid-Smith, www.gaystarnews.com Educate! Freedom of Speech and Assembly, Human Rights, LGBTQ

"LGBT rights campaigners have called on athletes to wear ‘rainbow pins’ to show their support for LGBT people in the opening and closing ceremonies.But the IOC pointed GSN to rules banning that. "The Olympics own charter describes such things as ‘propaganda’ – the same word used by the Russians in their new anti-gay law which stops homosexuality being ‘promoted’ to minors. Under rule 50 of the IOC’s charter: ‘No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas."

Vancouver Protests Russia’s Anti-Gay Legislation

July 31, 2013 Brian Platt, www.theglobeandmail.com Educate! LGBTQ

There has been considerable debate among activists over how to protest the Russian actions most effectively. Aug. 3 has been declared an international day of protest over the Russian laws, and Mr. Greene said he knows organizers who are planning a rally outside the Russian consulate in Vancouver. Many bars in Vancouver’s West End, the centre of the city’s gay community, recently announced that they will refuse to sell Russian vodka, echoing boycotts by gay bars around North America and Europe. But Mr. Greene said his contacts in Russia suggest other courses of action may be more effective. “What I’ve been told was, the Russian software industry is more vulnerable at this point,” Mr. Greene said.

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