Wikileaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning shares photo on social media after finally undergoing gender transition surgery
Manning, a transgender former Army private convicted of leaking sensitive government documents to WikiLeaks, had her sentence commuted after seven years by then-President Obama.
Chelsea Manning, the former Wikileaks whistleblower, is currently recuperating from a gender reassignment procedure. The 30-year-old shared a photo on Twitter Saturday afternoon in which she was seen lying on a bed in a hospital gown.
"[A]fter almost a decade of fighting - thru [sic] prison, the courts, a hunger strike, and thru [sic] the insurance company - I finally got surgery this week," the caption read. Manning's post has so far garnered over 31,000 likes and has been retweeted more than 1,600 times.
after almost a decade of fighting - thru prison, the courts, a hunger strike, and thru the insurance company - I finally got surgery this week ✨🎀💉🏥✨🌈💕 pic.twitter.com/I7WeIrR8jP
— Chelsea E. Manning (@xychelsea) October 20, 2018