You might recall that Pfc. Bradley Manning was found guilty of violating parts of the Espionage Act of 1917 when he confessed to leaking sensitive government files. Although he was acquitted of aiding the enemy, Manning was given a 35-year prison sentence, which he is currently serving at Ft. Leavenworth.

Since 2013, Manning officially changed his name to Chelsea and with the ACLU behind him, has been lobbying heavily for the Army to pay for his gender transition behind bars. Manning and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit in September alleging he was at risk of self-harm, such as self-castration, without more focused treatment.

The Army has finally caved.

A memo obtained by The Associated Press documents the militarys first approval of such treatment for an active service member. Col. Erica Nelson, Commandant of Fort Leavenworth said, After carefully considering the recommendation that (hormone treatment) is medically appropriate and necessary I approve adding (it) to Inmate Mannings treatment plan.

Currently, transgenders are not allowed to serve in the U.S. military and the Defense Department does not provide such treatment. However, the Department of Veterans Affairs does provide the treatment for veterans. (Never mind the fact that the Department of Veterans Affairs also manages to lose lists of veterans awaiting treatment for life-threatening illness thats another story)

However, dont you think for a minute the Army is completely giving in to transgenderism. No siree. Yes, theyll pay for hormone treatments, but Chelsea is not allowed to grow her hair out!

The commandants memo says Mannings hairstyle will be revisited seven months after hormone therapy begins. I wonder if shell also get a style consultation?

Youve heard of white guilt? Perhaps it was straight guilt that led the Army to take this unprecedented move.

During his case, lawyers for Pfc. Bradley Manning argued that his struggles as a gay soldier in an environment hostile to homosexuality contributed to mental and emotional problems that should have barred him from having access to sensitive material, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

According to Charismas Jennifer LeClaire, Mannings defense attorneys essentially argued that he leaked the critical intelligence because he was a gay soldier serving in the age of dont ask, dont tell and because he felt like a woman trapped in a mans body.

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Army Grants Chelsea Manning AKA Bradley Manning for hormone therapy
Army Grants Chelsea Manning #39;s request for hormone therapy. Manning is sentenced to 35 years in prison due to leaking documents to WikiLeaks.

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Story highlights "This is an important first step in Chelsea's treatment regimen," her legal counsel says Manning, whose former first name was Bradley, had filed a lawsuit over the issue But she's still not allowed to grow her hair like other female prisoners, the ACLU says

The prisoner formerly known as Bradley Manning, and once held to be male, said in August 2013, the day after her court sentencing, that she is female. Just over a year later, it emerged that she had filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming she "has been denied access to medically necessary treatment" for her gender disorder.

The commandant of the Fort Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks in Kansas, where Manning is serving her sentence, issued a memo on February 5 authorizing the addition of hormone therapy to Manning's treatment, USA Today reported Thursday.

The memo cited a recommendation that the therapy was "medically appropriate and necessary."

The news was welcomed by Manning's legal counsel in the lawsuit.

"We are thrilled for Chelsea that the government has finally agreed to initiate hormone therapy as part of her treatment plan," said Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union. "This is an important first step in Chelsea's treatment regimen and one that is in line with the recommendations of all of her doctors and the basic requirements of the Eighth Amendment."

But Strangio said that the approval of the therapy was only a partial victory.

"The military continues to refuse to let Chelsea grow her hair like other female prisoners, a critical part of her treatment plan that has been recognized by her doctors," he said.

Also, the delay in getting the hormone treatment "came with a significant cost to Chelsea and her mental health," Strangio said.

At the time of her 2013 announcement that she planned to live as a woman, Manning asked for support and said she wanted to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible.

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Story highlights "This is an important first step in Chelsea's treatment regimen," her legal counsel says Manning, whose former first name was Bradley, had filed a lawsuit over the issue But she's still not allowed to grow her hair like other female prisoners, the ACLU says

The prisoner formerly known as Bradley Manning, and once held to be male, said in August 2013, the day after her court sentencing, that she is female. Just over a year later, it emerged that she had filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming she "has been denied access to medically necessary treatment" for her gender disorder.

The commandant of the Fort Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks in Kansas, where Manning is serving her sentence, issued a memo on February 5 authorizing the addition of hormone therapy to Manning's treatment, USA Today reported Thursday.

The memo cited a recommendation that the therapy was "medically appropriate and necessary."

The news was welcomed by Manning's legal counsel in the lawsuit.

"We are thrilled for Chelsea that the government has finally agreed to initiate hormone therapy as part of her treatment plan," said Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union. "This is an important first step in Chelsea's treatment regimen and one that is in line with the recommendations of all of her doctors and the basic requirements of the Eighth Amendment."

But Strangio said that the approval of the therapy was only a partial victory.

"The military continues to refuse to let Chelsea grow her hair like other female prisoners, a critical part of her treatment plan that has been recognized by her doctors," he said.

Also, the delay in getting the hormone treatment "came with a significant cost to Chelsea and her mental health," Strangio said.

At the time of her 2013 announcement that she planned to live as a woman, Manning asked for support and said she wanted to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible.

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Army approves hormone therapy for WikiLeaks leaker

In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Army, Pfc. Chelsea Manning poses for a photo wearing a wig and lipstick. AP Photo/U.S. Army, File

WASHINGTON -- Hormone treatment for gender reassignment has been approved for Chelsea Manning, the former intelligence analyst convicted of espionage for sending classified documents to the WikiLeaks website.

Defense Department officials said Thursday that the hormone therapy was approved Feb. 5 by Col. Erica Nelson, commandant of the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where Manning is serving a 35-year sentence.

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The treatment would enable the Army private formerly known as Bradley Manning to make the transition to a woman. Manning changed her legal name in April 2014.

The officials were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. The memo approving Manning's hormone treatment was first reported by USA Today.

Calls to military officials at Fort Leavenworth weren't immediately returned.

The decision came after a lawsuit was filed in September in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. It alleged Manning was at a high risk of self-castration and suicide unless she received more focused treatment for gender dysphoria, the sense of being a woman in a man's body.

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Story highlights "This is an important first step in Chelsea's treatment regimen," her legal counsel says Manning, whose former first name was Bradley, had filed a lawsuit over the issue But she's still not allowed to grow her hair like other female prisoners, the ACLU says

The prisoner formerly known as Bradley Manning, and once held to be male, said in August 2013, the day after her court sentencing, that she is female. Just over a year later, it emerged that she had filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming she "has been denied access to medically necessary treatment" for her gender disorder.

The commandant of the Fort Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks in Kansas, where Manning is serving her sentence, issued a memo on February 5 authorizing the addition of hormone therapy to Manning's treatment, USA Today reported Thursday.

The memo cited a recommendation that the therapy was "medically appropriate and necessary."

The news was welcomed by Manning's legal counsel in the lawsuit.

"We are thrilled for Chelsea that the government has finally agreed to initiate hormone therapy as part of her treatment plan," said Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union. "This is an important first step in Chelsea's treatment regimen and one that is in line with the recommendations of all of her doctors and the basic requirements of the Eighth Amendment."

But Strangio said that the approval of the therapy was only a partial victory.

"The military continues to refuse to let Chelsea grow her hair like other female prisoners, a critical part of her treatment plan that has been recognized by her doctors," he said.

Also, the delay in getting the hormone treatment "came with a significant cost to Chelsea and her mental health," Strangio said.

At the time of her 2013 announcement that she planned to live as a woman, Manning asked for support and said she wanted to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible.

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Manning to get hormone therapy

The U.S. Army has agreed to provide hormone therapy for Chelsea Manning, the soldier serving a 35-year prison sentence for leaking a huge trove of classified documents.

The prisoner formerly known as Bradley Manning, and once held to be male, said in August 2013, the day after her court sentencing, that she is female. Just over a year later, it emerged that she had filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming she "has been denied access to medically necessary treatment" for her gender disorder.

The commandant of the Fort Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks in Kansas, where Manning is serving her sentence, issued a memo on February 5 authorizing the addition of hormone therapy to Manning's treatment, USA Today reported Thursday.

The memo cited a recommendation that the therapy was "medically appropriate and necessary."

The news was welcomed by Manning's legal counsel in the lawsuit.

"We are thrilled for Chelsea that the government has finally agreed to initiate hormone therapy as part of her treatment plan," said Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union. "This is an important first step in Chelsea's treatment regimen and one that is in line with the recommendations of all of her doctors and the basic requirements of the Eighth Amendment."

Not allowed to grow hair

But Strangio said that the approval of the therapy was only a partial victory.

"The military continues to refuse to let Chelsea grow her hair like other female prisoners, a critical part of her treatment plan that has been recognized by her doctors," he said.

Also, the delay in getting the hormone treatment "came with a significant cost to Chelsea and her mental health," Strangio said.

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The U.S. Army has approved hormone therapy for Chelsea Manning, who was convicted of leaking national security secrets to Wikileaks, defense officials told NBC News late Thursday.

Private Manning revealed her gender identity as a transgender female after being convicted and sentenced to 35 years in the military prison at Leavenworth in July 2013.

According to the officials, since Manning has been clinically diagnosed as a transgender and is confined to the military prison, the Army is obligated to provide and pay for her hormone treatments just as if she was confined to a civilian federal prison.

The hormone therapy development was first reported by USA TODAY.

Manning, formerly known as Bradley Manning, became the first military inmate to ask for treatment for gender dysphoria. She asked for a treatment plan that would consider three measures: dressing and living as a woman, hormone therapy and possible surgery.

In July 2014, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel approved an Army recommendation to begin the early stages of gender reassignment, including counseling and approval to dress as a woman, officials said.

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The Guardians U.S. news wing announced on Tuesday that it has hired Chelsea Manning (formerly known as Bradley Manning) as a contributing opinion writer.

The Guardians U.S. editor-in-chief Katharine Viner announced the news on Twitter, adding that Manning will write about war, gender, freedom of information.

Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison in 2013 after being convicted of leaking classified national security documents to WikiLeaks.

Shortly after sentencing, it was revealed that Manning planned to undergo a sex change.

RELATED: Chelsea Manning to TIME: Thankful for Those Who Dare to Ask Probing, Even Dangerous Questions

Last December, Manning penned an essay for The Guardian alleging the government was denying her civil rights as a transgender woman.

Viners tweet breaking the news below:

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The Guardian Hires Chelsea Manning

Un article de Wikipdia, l'encyclopdie libre.

Chelsea Manning, n Bradley Manning le 17 dcembre 1987 Crescent, Oklahoma (tats-Unis), est un ancien analyste militaire de l'arme des tats-Unis de nationalit amricano-britannique[1].

Manning est connu pour avoir transmis WikiLeaks diffrents documents militaires classifis: arrt et inculp en 2010, il est condamn le 21 aot 2013 trente-cinq ans de prison.

Au lendemain de sa condamnation, Manning a dclar tre transgenre et a entam des dmarches pour changer d'identit et prendre le prnom de Chelsea[2]. Le 23 avril 2014, la justice amricaine a reconnu le changement de nom de Manning, qui s'appelle dsormais officiellement Chelsea Elizabeth Manning[3], mais demeure de sexe masculin aux yeux des autorits militaires[4].

Manning est n Crescent dans l'Oklahoma, de Susan Fox, originaire du pays de Galles, et son mari, Brian Manning. Brian a rejoint l'US Navy en 1974 19 ans, et y a travaill pendant cinq ans en tant qu'analyste des services de renseignements. Il rencontre Susan dans un Woolworth's alors qu'il est stationn Cawdor Barracks(en) au pays de Galles. Ils ont un premier enfant, Casey, en 1976. Le couple rentre aux tats-Unis en 1979, emmnageant d'abord en Californie, puis dans une maison deux tages en dehors de Crescent, avec une piscine et 2 hectares de terrain o ils lvent des cochons et des poulets[pertinence conteste][5].

Casey il a 11 ans la naissance de Bradley a tmoign la cour martiale que leurs deux parents taient alcooliques, et que leur mre avait t sole sans arrt alors qu'elle tait enceinte du capitaine Manning. David Moulton, un psychiatre de la marine amricaine, a tmoign la cour que les traits du visage de Manning prsentaient des signes du syndrome d'alcoolisation ftale[6]. Casey devient la principale personne qui s'occupera de lui, en se levant la nuit pour lui prparer le biberon. Manning est nourri uniquement au lait et la nourriture pour bb jusqu' ses deux ans; petit pour son ge, particulirement pour un garon, il atteint 1,57 m l'ge adulte avec un poids de 47,6 kg[7],[8].

Le pre de Manning travaille en tant que chef de projet en technologie de l'information pour une agence de location de voitures, et est souvent en dplacement. La maison familiale se trouve plusieurs miles de la ville et la mre de Manning est incapable de conduire. Elle passe ses journes boire, alors que Manning tait largement laiss lui-mme, jouant aux legos ou l'ordinateur. Brian s'approvisionnait en nourriture avant ses voyages, et laissait des chques pr-signs pour les enfants et pour payer les factures. Une voisine a dit que lorsque l'cole primaire de Manning faisait une sortie avec les lves, elle donnait son fils de la nourriture supplmentaire ou de l'argent pour s'assurer que Manning ait quelque chose manger[9].

Trs indpendant dans son enfance, il est athe et ouvertement oppos aux religions, ce qu'il dmontre plusieurs reprises en restant silencieux durant la partie du Serment d'allgeance au drapeau des tats-Unis qui se rfre Dieu. Son pre raconte PBS qu'il excellait au saxophone, en science, l'ordinateur, crant son propre site Web dix ans. Il a appris lui-mme utiliser Power Point, et a gagn trois annes de suite le grand prix un exposcience local, et en sixime anne aprs la maternelle, obtient le premier prix un quiz bowl.

13 ans il commence s'interroger sur son orientation sexuelle. C'est cette poque que ses parents divorcent, et Manning et sa mre dmnagent dans un appartement Crescent. L'instabilit de la mre continue et en 1998 elle fait une tentative de suicide; Casey doit la conduire lhpital, avec Manning assis l'arrire essayant de s'assurer que leur mre continue respirer. Brian Manning se remarie avec une femme nomme aussi Susan, qui a un fils d'une relation prcdente. Manning ragit apparemment mal quand le fils de celle-ci prend lui aussi le patronyme de Manning; il dclare sa mre: Je ne suis plus personne maintenant.[pertinence conteste]

En novembre 2001, Manning et sa mre quittent les tats-Unis et emmnagent Haverfordwest, au pays de Galles, o sa mre a de la famille. Manning va l'cole secondaire de Tasker Milward. Un camarade de classe au collge Ed Caesar a dit au Sunday Times que la personnalit de Manning tait unique, vraiment unique. Trs excentrique, il avait des avis sur tout, trs politique, trs intelligent, et s'exprimait bien. Son intrt pour les ordinateurs ne l'a pas quitt, et en 2003 lui et un ami ont mis en place un site Web, angeldyne.com, un forum qui offrait des jeux et de la musique en tlchargement.

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