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- WASHINGTON — Army officials have informed Chelsea Manning that they will provide her with gender transition surgery, her lawyer tells BuzzFeed News. A lawyer for Manning, the ACLU's Chase Strangio, spoke with Manning on Tuesday after she was informed of the military's decision.
Aug 22, 2014 · WASHINGTON — Chelsea Manning says that the military ignored and since has given only "lip-service" to her efforts to receive medical treatment because she is transgender, she wrote in letter released on Friday. "Treatment is, as a matter of law, about medical necessity," she wrote in the letter, provided to NBC News.
Apr 9, 2023 · But she's quick to note that she wasn't the first transgender person overall to fight for, and win, access to health care and some gender-affirming treatment in prison.
Apr 9, 2023 · Manning said she does know that her treatment, including the lack thereof, as a trans woman is an example of how poorly jails and prisons are equipped to deal with the medical needs of all...
Jan 23, 2017 · Chase Strangio, an ACLU attorney who has worked for years to secure Manning's access to gender-affirming treatments and measures while imprisoned, tells us what last Tuesday's news meant for...
- Tyler Trykowski
Aug 22, 2013 · The ACLU supports Ms. Manning and the many transgender people who have preceded her, including Ophelia De'lonta, Michelle Kosilek, Andrea Fields, Jessica Davison, and Vankemah Moaton, in the fight for medically necessary treatment while in custody.
- Chase Strangio
On August 12, 2014, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Manning's civilian attorney David Coombs said Manning was not receiving treatment for her gender identity condition as previously approved by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel.
The national-security leaker's lawyers say they are ready to sue to force the military prison to provide gender-reassignment treatment.
