How to support Chelsea Manning in the wake of her recent hospitalization:

DEMAND SAFE LIVING CONDITIONS AND MEDICAL TREATMENT.
Chelsea Manning has been fighting to receive urgent medical care for years. Though she managed to secure access to hormone therapy after a lawsuit against the Department of Defense, she (against the advice of her military doctors) is being forced to conform to male grooming standards. The Department of Justice claimed this was due to “safety concerns”, but as Manning’s lawyer Chase Strangio countered: “There is no question that Chelsea already stands out in a men’s facility – there is likely not a person there who does not know who she is or that she is a woman.”

Fight for policy changes that will ensure the safety of trans prisoners, from fair
sentencing to critical health policy.

SUPPORT CHELSEA’S APPEAL
As the Court Martial Appeal Brief, filed May 18 of this year notes, “No whistleblower in American history has been sentenced this harshly”. Despite incendiary claims that Wikileaks “has blood on its hands”, government witnesses found no examples of any deaths resulting from the leaks. As her appeals process is now underway, funds are desperately needed to cover the legal expenses involved. Donate here.

WRITE!
Chelsea has noted that letters are a great source of comfort, stating ““I am happily reminded that I am real and that I do exist for people outside this prison.”

Chelsea’s address is as follows:

CHELSEA E. MANNING 89289
1300 NORTH WAREHOUSE ROAD
FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS 66027-2304

Guidelines detailing what sort of mail Chelsea is able to receive can be found here.