{"id":26225,"date":"2014-09-25T02:43:30","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T06:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opensource.im\/?p=26225"},"modified":"2014-09-25T02:43:30","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T06:43:30","slug":"chelsea-manning-sues-defense-department-to-receive-transgender-hormone-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/chelsea-manning\/chelsea-manning-sues-defense-department-to-receive-transgender-hormone-therapy.php","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Manning sues Defense Department to receive transgender hormone therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) --  Chelsea Manning has filed a federal lawsuit against the  Department of Defense for blocking her from receiving proper  transgender medical treatment.  <\/p>\n<p>    The suit claims Manning has been denied the hormone treatment    and other personal care standards to complete her gender    transition at Leavenworth prison.  <\/p>\n<p>    \"She brings this action to compel defendants [Defense Secretary    Chuck Hagel and the federal    government] to treat her serious medical needs consistent with    their obligation under the Constitution,\" said the suit.  <\/p>\n<p>    Her representation from the ACLU claim if the    requests are denied, she \"will suffer continued pain,    depression and anxiety and is at an extremely high risk of    self-castration and suicidality.\"  <\/p>\n<p>    Along with the hormone treatments, Manning is requesting she be    allowed to follow grooming standards like being allowed to grow    her hair and wear cosmetics, \"in order to express her female    gender.\"  <\/p>\n<p>    \"No decision to transfer Pvt. Manning to a civilian detention    facility has been made,\" said Pentagon press secretary Rear    Adm. John Kirby in May, \"and any    such decision will, of course, properly balance the soldier's    medical needs with our obligation to ensure she remains behind    bars.\"  <\/p>\n<p>    Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison after leaking    classified documents about events during the war in Iraq.  <\/p>\n<p>   2014 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any  reproduction, republication, redistribution and\/or modification  of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior  written consent.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>See the original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2014\/09\/24\/Chelsea-Manning-sues-Defense-Department-to-receive-transgender-hormone-therapy\/4331411568018\" title=\"Chelsea Manning sues Defense Department to receive transgender hormone therapy\">Chelsea Manning sues Defense Department to receive transgender hormone therapy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Chelsea Manning has filed a federal lawsuit against the Department of Defense for blocking her from receiving proper transgender medical treatment. The suit claims Manning has been denied the hormone treatment and other personal care standards to complete her gender transition at Leavenworth prison. <\/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-26225","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\/26225"}],"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=26225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}