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Related: About this forumChelsea Manning: court order bans US military from referring to soldier as 'he'
Source: The Guardian
Chelsea Manning: court order bans US military from referring to soldier as 'he'
Ed Pilkington in New York
Thursday 5 March 2015 22.29 GMT
Chelsea Manning, the US army soldier serving 35 years in prison for leaking a huge stash of state secrets, has won a small but significant victory in her bid to transition to living as a woman.
Manning has taken on the might of the US military, challenging its ongoing refusal to refer to her as a woman, and won. A court order from the US army court of criminal appeals instructs the military to refer to the soldier in all future official correspondence either using the gender neutral Private First Class Manning or employing the feminine pronoun.
As a result, the military is henceforth forbidden from referring to Manning as a man.
The court order marks another advance towards Mannings goal of gender transition which she has had to fight every step of the way in the face of an intransigent army hierarchy. Last month, Manning, who has been diagnosed with gender dysphoria, was allowed to start hormone treatment, having struggled for years to convince her jailers to grant her the medical care that had been indicated.
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Ed Pilkington in New York
Thursday 5 March 2015 22.29 GMT
Chelsea Manning, the US army soldier serving 35 years in prison for leaking a huge stash of state secrets, has won a small but significant victory in her bid to transition to living as a woman.
Manning has taken on the might of the US military, challenging its ongoing refusal to refer to her as a woman, and won. A court order from the US army court of criminal appeals instructs the military to refer to the soldier in all future official correspondence either using the gender neutral Private First Class Manning or employing the feminine pronoun.
As a result, the military is henceforth forbidden from referring to Manning as a man.
The court order marks another advance towards Mannings goal of gender transition which she has had to fight every step of the way in the face of an intransigent army hierarchy. Last month, Manning, who has been diagnosed with gender dysphoria, was allowed to start hormone treatment, having struggled for years to convince her jailers to grant her the medical care that had been indicated.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/05/chelsea-manning-military-court-order-gender-pronoun
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Chelsea Manning: court order bans US military from referring to soldier as 'he' (Original Post)
Eugene
Mar 2015
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NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)1. Excellent
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)2. One slow step at a time.
So happy to hear this.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)3. Small victory. nm
enough
(13,259 posts)4. Chelsea Manning is a brave person. (nt)
RKP5637
(67,107 posts)5. What a strong person to be able to fight all of the prejudice, a small win, but really significant!
What a truly brave individual!
BeeBee
(1,074 posts)6. Good. n/t