Court rules for Manning in gender pronoun fight

The United States Army Court of Appeals has ruled that Private First Class Chelsea Manning formerly known as Bradley Manning will be referred to using a neutral or feminine pronoun in all future court proceedings.

Nancy Hollander, Mannings attorney, praised the Wednesday court order in a statement, saying she and her co-counsels are thrilled that Chelsea will be respected as the woman she is in all legal filings.

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Manning is serving a 35-year sentence for her conviction under the Espionage Act for releasing hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the organization WikiLeaks.

Soon after being sentenced in mid-2013, Mannings attorneys released a statement requesting that she be referred to using feminine pronouns and called by the name Chelsea Manning.

The ACLU filed a suit on behalf of Manning in September 2014, demanding that she receive treatment for gender dysphoria, including psychological treatment, hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgery.

The case is still pending before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

In February, USA Today reported that the U.S. Army approved providing Manning with hormone therapy.

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Court rules for Manning in gender pronoun fight