{"id":877,"date":"2013-08-28T10:38:44","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T16:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/publicreligion.org\/?p=13668"},"modified":"2013-08-28T10:38:44","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T16:38:44","slug":"mannings-transition-spurs-conversation-about-transgender-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publicreligion\/2013\/08\/mannings-transition-spurs-conversation-about-transgender-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Manning\u2019s Transition Spurs Conversation about Transgender Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Last week, after Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison for charges including violations of the Espionage Act, Manning released a statement identifying himself as Chelsea and indicating a desire to transition from male to female. Since Manning\u2019s announcement, there has been significant media attention about transgender issues, including definitions, pronoun use, and prison accommodations. 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