KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The American Civil Liberties Union and an attorney say convicted national security leaker Chelsea Manning isn’t receiving medical treatment for her gender identity condition as previously approved by Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel.
The ACLU and Manning’s civilian attorney sent a letter Tuesday to the U.S. Department of Defence and the federal military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, threatening to sue if Manning does not receive treatment for gender dysphoria, the sense of being a woman in a man’s body.
Manning, who changed her name from Bradley after her conviction, is serving a 35-year sentence for giving WikiLeaks classified documents. She has asked for hormone therapy and to be able to live as a woman.
Messages seeking comment were left Tuesday for the U.S. Army and the prison.
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