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Manning, 27, says her quest for medical care has been distressing because she feels "like a joke" to military officials. She says she is optimistic about the recent progress but that it is "painful and awkward" to be forbidden from letting her hair grow. "I am torn up," she says. "I get through each day OK, but at night, when I'm alone in my room, I finally burn out and crash."
At press time, the case was moving ahead. "The fact that Chelsea is receiving hormone therapy and other treatment for gender dysphoria is an important victory for her that will hopefully ease her distress," says ACLU staff attorney Chase Strangio. "But her fight continues because the government is needlessly prohibiting her from growing her hair, which will continue to cause her significant anxiety." The Army referred questions on the case to the Department of Justice, which said it could not comment on pending litigation.
Why does an article keep referring to a man as "her"? It would be like an article referring to a dog as "the feline". Is insanity and wrong use of language now the professional code of journalism?