Chelsea Manning's hormone 治療 承認する'd, but not long hair
WASHINGTON (AP) ― The Army has 認可するd gender-reassignment hormone therapy for Chelsea Manning, the former 知能 分析家 罪人／有罪を宣告するd of スパイ for sending 分類するd 文書s to the WikiLeaks website, but says she can't grow out her hair.
The 決定／判定勝ち（する） on hormone therapy 示すs the first time the 弁護 Department has 権限を与えるd such 治療 for an active service member.
But Manning will not yet be 許すd to grow her hair to a 女性（の） grooming 基準, によれば the Feb. 5 覚え書き from Col. Erica Nelson, commandant of the U.S. Disciplinary 兵舎 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where Manning is serving a 35-year 宣告，判決.
FILE - In this undated とじ込み／提出する photo 供給するd by the U.S. Army, Pfc. Chelsea Manning 提起する／ポーズをとるs for a photo wearing a wig and lipstick. 弁護 Department 公式の／役人s say hormone 治療 for gender reassignment has been 認可するd for Chelsea Manning, the former 知能 分析家 罪人／有罪を宣告するd of スパイ for sending 分類するd 文書s to the WikiLeaks website. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, とじ込み／提出する)
The Associated 圧力（をかける） 得るd the 覚え書き Friday. It was first 報告（する）／憶測d Thursday by USA Today.
The 治療 would help the Army 私的な 以前は known as Bradley Manning to make the 移行 to a woman. Manning changed her 合法的な 指名する in April 2014.
The 決定／判定勝ち（する） follows a 訴訟 とじ込み／提出するd in September in U.S. 地区 法廷，裁判所 for the 地区 of Columbia. It 申し立てられた／疑わしい Manning was at a high 危険 of self-castration and 自殺 unless she received more 焦点（を合わせる）d 治療 for gender dysphoria, the sense of 存在 a woman in a man's 団体／死体.
Nelson wrote that she 認可するd the 治療 after carefully considering a 推薦 that it was medically appropriate and necessary and after "重さを計るing all associated safety and 安全 危険s."
Manning's hairstyle will be revisited seven months after the hormone 治療 begins, によれば the 覚え書き. It didn't say when the 治療 would start. An 即座の change in hair length "is not supported by the 危険 査定／評価 and 可能性のある 危険 mitigation 対策 at this time," Nelson wrote.
The American Civil Liberties Union has not 孤立した its 訴訟 主張するing that the Army was 供給するing some 治療 but not enough, 含むing psychotherapy from a mental health specialist who 欠如（する）d the 資格s to 扱う／治療する gender dysphoria. The 連邦の Bureau of 刑務所，拘置所 s and many 明言する／公表する and 地元の 是正s 機関s 治める hormone therapy to 囚人s with gender dysphoria, but Manning is the first transgender 軍の 囚人 to request such 治療.
Chase Strangio, an 弁護士／代理人／検事 with the ACLU and counsel for Manning in her 訴訟, called the 決定／判定勝ち（する） an important first step in Manning's 治療 regimen.
"But the 延期する in 治療 （機の）カム with a 重要な cost to Chelsea and her mental health and we are 希望に満ちた that the 政府 continues to 会合，会う Chelsea's 医療の needs as is its 義務 under the 憲法 so that those 害（を与える）s may be mitigated," Strangio said in a 声明.
The 26-year-old former 知能 分析家 was 罪人／有罪を宣告するd in August 2013 of スパイ and other 罪／違反s for sending more than 700,000 分類するd 文書s to WikiLeaks while working in Iraq.
Transgender people are not 許すd to serve in the U.S. 軍の, but Manning can't be 発射する／解雇するd from the service while serving her 刑務所，拘置所 宣告，判決.
During a television 外見 in May, former 弁護 長官 Chuck Hagel said the 禁止 on transgender individuals serving in the U.S. 軍の "continually should be reviewed."
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David Dishneau 報告（する）／憶測d from Hagerstown, Md.
