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ACLU: Chelsea Manning Denied Treatment for Gender Transition

HeadlineSep 17, 2014

Chelsea Manning, previously known as Bradley, is currently serving a 35-year sentence for leaking classified information to WikiLeaks. A year ago, Manning announced she identified as a woman and planned to seek hormone therapy. Last month the American Civil Liberties Union threatened to sue the Pentagon for withholding treatment for her transition, saying, “It is cruel and unusual punishment to withhold from Ms. Manning the care that the military’s own doctors have deemed medically necessary.”

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