Chelsea Manning granted name change from Bradley
I'm glad Chelsea's petition was granted but what's this about "gender identity disorder"? Is that an actual medical term because it sounds derogatory to me.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27132347
BBC News
23 April 2014 Last updated at 11:51 ET
Manning granted name change from Bradley
A judge has granted a petition from Chelsea Manning to legally change her name from Bradley, as the US soldier continues her 35-year sentence for leaking government files.
Pte First Class Manning, 26, was convicted of giving more than 700,000 US documents to the Wikileaks website.
She said in August she wanted to begin hormone therapy and live as a woman.
The former intelligence analyst has been diagnosed with gender identity disorder by doctors.... MORE
