Chelsea Manning responds to Trump's transgender military ban: 'Sounds like cowardice' quoting : The Independent

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Chelsea Manning, the transgender U.S. Army soldier who spent seven years in prison for leaking classified documents, criticized the move. "Today further exposed President Trump's overall goal to erase LGBTQ Americans from this nation." 150K transgender Americans have bravely served USA. pic.twitter.com/O2IMkCYcMh — Sarah McBride (@SarahEMcBride) July 26, 201715K+ transgender Americans bravely serve our country. "The United States military already includes transgender individuals who protect our freedom day in and day out," he said in a statement.

Chelsea Manning attacks Trump's transgender ban: 'Sounds like cowardice'

"Sounds like cowardice."so, biggest baddest most $$ military on earth cries about a few trans people but funds the F-35? Chelsea Manning on Wednesday blasted President Trump's decision to ban transgender people from serving in the U.S. military, saying it "sounds like cowardice.""[S]o, biggest baddest most $$ military in the world cries about a few trans people… but funds the F-35?" she wrote in a tweet. sounds like cowardice #WeGotThis — Chelsea E. Manning (@xychelsea) July 26, 2017ADVERTISEMENTManning, who was imprisoned for leaking classified information to WikiLeaks in 2010 while serving in the Army, became a transgender rights activist after revealing in 2013 that she identifies as a woman. She was originally sentenced to 35 years in prison for the leaks, but was released after seven years when former President Obama late in his term commuted her sentence. While in prison, she demanded and eventually received hormone therapy treatment.


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