Manning and the Military Environment

Manning was a homosexual, and he also had serious misgivings about his gender. He hoped that the masculine and masco military environment would somehow qa cure him of these feelings. As might be expected, not only did the military environment not help him overcome his identity problem, but his mental state also became significantly worse. Manning conducted anonymous chats with the lunteers who operated a sight. And weeki leeks became a refuge from his loneliness.