Chelsea Manning Sues U.S. Military for Failure to Treat Gender Dysphoria

Chelsea Manning, the WikiLeaks leaker previously known as Bradley, sued the U.S. military on Tuesday over its failure to provide her with medical treatment for her gender dysphoria.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), on behalf of Manning, filed a federal lawsuit against Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and other military officials, arguing that the military is improperly withholding treatment for her "without any medical basis." This is despite the fact that Army doctors diagnosed her with gender dysphoria, a psychological condition in which one doesn't identify with his or her assigned sex, more than four years ago Read more...

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