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(10,570 posts)It would be a female hitting a female. Transgender females are not male, HE is inappropriate.
According to Reuters News Service, Mannings attorney, David Coombs, and Mannings brigade chief, Captain Steven Lim, told the Dec. 17 Article 32 hearing that Manning informed an Army intelligence supervisor by email in April 2010 that he was suffering from gender identity disorder.
Lim testified at the hearing that Manning disclosed in his email that the disorder was affecting his life, work and ability to think, Reuters reported. Lim also testified that Mannings email included a photo of Manning dressed as a woman.
Coombs stated at the hearing that Mannings self disclosure that he was struggling over his gender identity was a sign that he was emotionally unstable and may not have been in a position to handle highly classified documents, Reuters reported.
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/12/19/lawyers-say-bradley-manning-struggled-with-gender-identity-disorder/