She remains an active-duty, unpaid soldier, eligible for health care and other benefits while her court-martial conviction remains under appeal.Ĭontributing: Aamer Madhani, USA TODAY. Bradley Manning, but came out as transgender during her incarceration. government for a leaking conviction, was commuted in the final days of the Obama administration, a move that infuriated some in the military as well as President Trump.Īt the time of her arrest, she was known as Pvt. Manning's 35-year sentence in military prison, the longest punishment ever imposed by the U.S. More: In 1st interview since release, Chelsea Manning thanks Obama for 2nd chance She said the leaks were intended to expose wrongdoing. She was convicted of leaking more than 700,000 classified documents, including battlefield reports on Iraq and Afghanistan and State Department cables, while working as an intelligence analyst in Iraq. Manning later said Sunday's event was not her first Pride March but the first she attended since her release, NBC News reported. More: Gay pride events take many forms, take on many fights Grimm's case was ultimately remanded by the U.S. Her tweet included a photo of herself alongside Gavin Grimm, the transgender teenager who sued his school for denying him access to the boys' bathroom. Manning, 29, who came out as transgender in 2013, tweeted that she was “honored to represent” the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) at the NYC Pride March. Army soldier who spent seven years in prison for leaking classified documents, took part on Sunday in her first Pride March since her early release last May.
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“I support BLM in all of their anti-oppression initiatives that they speak about in the eight demands,” Hendricks said, but, he added, “On this matter, it really boils down to that inclusion cannot and should not be born out of exclusion and divisive tactics.Watch Video: New York City holds its annual LGBT pride marchĬhelsea Manning, the transgender U.S. The controversy began at last year’s Pride parade after Black Lives Matter (BLM) called upon Pride to answer for its “anti-blackness” and demanded Pride organizers sign a list of demands, which included removing police floats from future parades.īryn Hendricks, a community activist who helped organize an online petition with 10,000 signatures asking for police to be allowed to march in uniform in the Pride parade, said he’s “saddened” that a police organization in another country had to extend an invitation to the TPS because they’re not welcome here.
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“Even though we’re 35 years old, we’ve only been able to march in uniform since 1997, so that’s why it was important for us to reach out and try to invite them down here.”Įarlier this month, Pride Toronto’s organizing committee said in a statement that “LGBTQ+ police officers and their allies can march in the Parade with community groups, with the City of Toronto, or even create their own group,” but, it added, it requests that officers not include uniforms, weapons or vehicles in their parade participation. Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, PRIDE, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she streng. “We actually had to sue in the United States federal court in 1997 for the right to march in the NYPD uniforms in New York City Pride,” he said. Shepard said they’d been monitoring the situation in Toronto since last year’s Pride parade.īeing able to march in uniform is important to the NYPD, he said, because until 1997, officers were unable to do so. William Shepard, the executive director of GOAL, sent a letter to Toronto police on May 19, requesting permission for officers to march in uniform along with members of the NYPD and the NYPD marching band and colour guard.
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“I think it’s sad Toronto couldn’t be that progressive and that inclusive.” “I think, isn’t it a mature way to look at things when you’re talking about an inclusive parade, when you’re talking about an inclusive event,” said McCormack.
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In a recent statement to AMNY, NYC Pride. Mike McCormack, the Toronto Police Association president, lauded the invitation to the New York Pride parade, which is on the same day as Toronto’s, June 25. In 2015, approximately 1.6 million people attended the march, according to estimates by the Wall Street Journal. The invitation came from the Gay Officers Action League (GOAL) of New York, a civil rights organization dedicated to addressing the concerns of gay and lesbian law enforcement personnel. Though the Toronto Police Service is barred from marching in uniform at this year’s Pride parade, they may be marching alongside NYPD officers at the New York parade next month.