A salon: Two gay GIs debate Bradley Manning
SF Pride honors Bradley Manning -- then takes it back. Gay military activists Dan Choi and Sean Sala take sides
Topics: Gay Rights, Military, Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks, SF Pride
The court martial trial of Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier who admits to leaking a trove of intelligence to WikiLeaks, is scheduled to start in June. But Manning, who is gay, was put on trial in the past week by gay activists, who battled over whether or not he deserved to be honored. SF Pride initially had made Manning a grand marshall of its legendary Pride Parade this year, before a scandal erupted, a boycott threatened, and SF Pride ultimately folded like a flimsy, rainbow-colored tent, with SF Pride president Lisa Williams calling it a “mistake,” and taking the opportunity to blast Manning.
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