The silence of the gay community regarding the torture, trial and conviction of Bradley Manning has been deafening.
The leading American gay rights organization, the Human Rights Campaign has said nothing whatsoever. The Advocate a leading publication oriented towards the gay community, has been negligent in ignoring the trial.
I blogged about it today in more detail at In the (K)now blog:
"LGBTs community's silence on Manning deafening"
Bradley Manning deserved more support from the gay community.
It has been known since at least 2011 that Manning – accused and now convicted of espionage for leaking secret U.S. government documents to WikiLeaks – is gay.
Where has our community been in his support?
The issue was raised Tuesday by Christopher Carbone writing in the Guardian, the best newspaper in the U.K in his article "Have gay rights groups abandoned Bradley Manning?"
Was the LGBT community too afraid - or too preoccupied - to take a stance in support of a controversial figure, one who is despised by the right wing (especially Fox News-types) but lionized by those who believe we have a right to know about what our government is doing on our behalf all over the world?
It is a great pity.