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Chelsea Manning sues army because of 2-inch prison haircut
Chelsea Manning suing army because she 'feels like a freak and a weirdo' over two-inch prison haircut
- Manning has been fighting for two years to be able to grow her hair to fit her female identity
- Military has agreed to allow her hormone treatments and speech therapy but draws a hard line on her hair
- Lawyer says Chelsea is caused 'significant anxiety' by having to wear her hair short
- Manning says being forced to keep her hair a 2 inches makes her feel like a 'freak and a weirdo'
- The former intelligence analyst is now planning to sue the army over the decision
- Manning was sentenced to 35 years in jail for leaking thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks
Transgender whistleblower Chelsea Manning (pictured top, as a woman, and bottom, in army uniform) is suing the army because she is forced to have a two-inch prison haircut
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Transgender whistleblower Chelsea Manning is suing the army because she 'feels like a freak' after being forced to have a two-inch prison haircut.
The 27-year-old soldier, who was sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, broke down in tears after the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth ordered her to cut her hair.
Manning, who was born as a man named Bradley, claims she has identified as a woman since childhood and had been receiving access to hormone therapy, speech therapy and cosmetics while in prison.
But the military ruled that the former U.S. Army intelligence analyst must continue to cut her hair to 'military standards.'
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Chelsea Manning was denied permission to grow her hair. The soldier said two days after her sentence that she wanted to live like a female
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She says that the decision is an affront to her human rights and undermines her treatment for gender dysphoria - someone who believes they were born the wrong sex.
In recently filed court papers, she says being forced to cut her hair to just two inches makes her feel like 'a freak and a weirdo,' reported Yahoo News.
'Not because having short hair makes a person less of a woman,' the court papers continue, 'but because for her, it undermines specifically recommended treatment and sends the message to everyone that she is not a 'real' woman.'
The documents state that forcing her to keep her hair just 2 inches long was depriving her of being able to express herself in a 'feminine manner.'
She says that the decision is an affront to her human rights and undermines her treatment for gender dysphoria - someone who believes they were born the wrong sex.
In recently filed court papers, she says being forced to cut her hair to just two inches makes her feel like 'a freak and a weirdo,' reported Yahoo News.
'Not because having short hair makes a person less of a woman,' the court papers continue, 'but because for her, it undermines specifically recommended treatment and sends the message to everyone that she is not a 'real' woman.'
The documents state that forcing her to keep her hair just 2 inches long was depriving her of being able to express herself in a 'feminine manner.'
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US officials describe Manning's document dump as the biggest leak of classified files in American history.
The leaked material included video of a U.S. helicopter attack that killed at least two civilians -- a Reuters news photographer and his driver.
Manning will be eligible for parole after serving a third of her sentence.
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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz3r2BSVMOk
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