04 Nov Chelsea Manning threatens to sue US Army over transition refusal
Wikileaks mole Chelsea Manning has threatened to take the US Army to court over their refusal to let her transition.
The former Army private came out as trans publicly after it was announced she would serve a 35-year sentence for leaking more than 700,000 secret military documents while working as an intelligence analyst in Iraq.
Manning is currently being held at the US Disciplinary Barracks, a men’s military prison.
Prison officials are also forcing Manning to dress as a man.
In a letter posted on the website of the Private Manning Support Network, she wrote her attorney David Coombs is helping her appeal to have treatment.
She said: ‘David E Coombs shall represent me in my effort to receive, at a minimum, the RLE (Real Life Experience) and HRT treatments by assisting me in matters related to exhausting my administrative remedies and if denied outright, in filing a writ before a court with jurisdiction.’
The military has said it does not provide treatment for gender dysphoria.
The Army Medical Command has said prisoners are now allowed hormone treatment at the prison, although Manning is apparently the first to request it.
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