{"id":25500,"date":"2014-08-13T19:42:35","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T23:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opensource.im\/?p=25500"},"modified":"2014-08-13T19:42:35","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T23:42:35","slug":"imprisoned-chelsea-manning-not-receiving-approved-gender-therapy-attorney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/chelsea-manning\/imprisoned-chelsea-manning-not-receiving-approved-gender-therapy-attorney.php","title":{"rendered":"Imprisoned Chelsea Manning not receiving approved gender therapy: attorney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>;        <\/p>\n<p>      U.S. Army, Pfc. Chelsea Manning poses for a photo wearing a      wig and lipstick. Manning is threatening to sue if she      doesn't receive her approved gender therapy.    <\/p>\n<p>    KANSAS CITY, Mo.  The American Civil Liberties Union and an    attorney say convicted national security leaker Chelsea Manning    isnt receiving medical treatment for her gender identity    condition as previously     approved by Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel.  <\/p>\n<p>    The ACLU and Mannings civilian attorney sent a letter Tuesday    to the U.S. Department of Defence and the federal military    prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, threatening to sue if    Manning does not receive treatment for gender dysphoria, the    sense of being a woman in a mans body.  <\/p>\n<p>    Manning, who changed her name from Bradley after    her conviction, is serving a 35-year sentence for giving    WikiLeaks    classified documents. She has asked for hormone therapy and to    be able to live as a woman.  <\/p>\n<p>    Messages seeking comment were left Tuesday for the U.S. Army    and the prison.  <\/p>\n<p>    The Canadian Press, 2014  <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>See original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/1504711\/imprisoned-chelsea-manning-not-receiving-approved-gender-therapy-attorney\" title=\"Imprisoned Chelsea Manning not receiving approved gender therapy: attorney\">Imprisoned Chelsea Manning not receiving approved gender therapy: attorney<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> ; U.S. Army, Pfc. Chelsea Manning poses for a photo wearing a wig and lipstick. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chelsea-manning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25500"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25500\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}