This is not satire. [url=http://www.today.com/news/bradley-manning-i-want-live-woman-6C10974915]Bradley Manning: I want to live as a woman[/url] [quote]“I am Chelsea Manning. I am female,” the Army private wrote in a statement read on TODAY Thursday. “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.”[/quote] [quote]"The Army does not provide hormone therapy or sex-reassignment surgery for gender identity disorder. The USDB has implemented risk assessment protocols and safety procedures to address high risk factors identified with the Prison -blam!- Elimination Act."[/quote] [url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/10260904/Illegal-for-US-military-to-deny-Bradley-Manning-sex-change.html]'Illegal' for US military to deny Bradley Manning sex change[/url][quote]Transgender advocates said it should not be up to the US military to decide if Bradley Manning gets hormone therapy after the jailed US serviceman revealed he wanted a sex change.[/quote] [url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonynitti/2013/08/22/will-bradley-mannings-gender-reassignment-be-tax-deductible/]Will Bradley Manning's Gender Reassignment Be Tax Deductible?[/url][quote]Chelsea Manning faces a much more friendly tax environment than the one that existed as recently as three years ago. GID is now recognized as a disease for purposes of the Code, and the cost of treatment for GID, including hormone therapy and sex reassignment surgery, should generally be respected as deductible medical expenses.[/quote] So the real question is...[spoiler]...would you hit that?[/spoiler]