Time for Bradley to feel the health care cut also.
Via WTSP
Chelsea Manning, the convicted national-security secrets leaker, has been approved for hormone therapy for transition to a woman as an inmate at the Army’s Fort Leavenworth prison, according to a memo obtained Thursday by USA TODAY.
Manning remains a soldier, and the decision to administer hormone therapy is a first for the Army.
“After carefully considering the recommendation that (hormone treatment) is medically appropriate and necessary, and weighing all associated safety and security risks presented, I approve adding (hormone treatment) to Inmate Manning’s treatment plan,” Col. Erica Nelson, the commandant of Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, wrote in a Feb. 5 memo.[…]
The American Civil Liberties Union, which represents Manning in the case, did not have an immediate comment on the Army’s memo.
Manning has asked for hormone therapy and to be able to live as a woman. Transgenders are not allowed to serve in the U.S. military and the Defense Department does not provide such treatment. The Department of Veterans Affairs, however, does provide the treatment for veterans.
Last month, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James told USA TODAY that the ban on transgender troops is likely to be reassessed and should be lifted.
At Manning’s trial, her attorneys argued that she had been disillusioned by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and believed the release of the documents, including diplomatic cables and military reports, should be seen by the public.