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Chelsea Manning to undergo gender transition surgery
Chelsea Manning to undergo gender transition surgery
US soldier Chelsea Manning, serving a 35-year prison term for passing classified files to WikiLeaks, ended her hunger strike on Tuesday after the Army said she would be allowed to receive gender transition surgery, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said.The 28-year-old Army private, who was born male but revealed after being convicted of espionage that she identifies as a woman, announced the hunger strike on Friday.Manning's treatment will begin with the surgery that was recommended by her psychologist in April, the ACLU, which represented Manning, said in a statement.
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Chelsea Manning will undergo gender transition surgery, lawyer says
Chelsea Manning will undergo gender transition surgery, lawyer says
Imprisoned former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has learned that she will receive gender transition surgery, her lawyer told CNN, in what could make her the first US prison inmate to undergo such a procedure.Manning, a transgender woman, was convicted of stealing and disseminating 750,000 pages of documents and videos to WikiLeaks.The former US Army soldier is serving a 35-year sentence at Fort Leavenworth, an all-male Army prison in eastern Kansas, despite her request to transfer to a civilian prison.
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Chelsea Manning wins fight to undergo gender transition surgery
Chelsea Manning wins fight to undergo gender transition surgery
Chelsea Manning, the transgender U.S. soldier serving 35 years in prison for giving classified information to WikiLeaks, will be allowed to undergo gender transition surgery.It's the first time surgery of this kind will be performed on a prisoner, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.The decision comes after a lawsuit was filed in 2014 by the ACLU that said Manning, a woman being held in an all-male prison, was being denied medical treatment related to her gender dysphoria.