article_snippet.sent: Chelsea Manning has given in an in-depth interview from behind bars in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, describing the 'painful and awkward' process and conditions of transitioning to a woman from inside a military prison.
article_snippet.sent: One month after being found guilty, Chelsea Manning announced that Chelsea Manning had always identified as female and planned to start living as Chelsea, officially switching names in April 2014.
article_snippet.sent: In February this year, after suing the Defense Department, Chelsea Manning was approved for hormone treatment, allowing the former Army private to make the transition into a woman while serving out a woman sentence.
article_snippet.sent: Speaking: Chelsea Manning, 27, the soldier convicted of leaking a trove of secret documents and sentenced to 35 year prison, has given a woman first in-depth interview since announcing plans to transition into a woman .
article_snippet.sent: Manning, a former army private who enlisted as Bradley, has had a woman name officially changed to Chelsea and recently received approval to undergo hormone therapy for gender reassignment while in prison .
article_snippet.sent: Now, Chelsea Manning has done an interview for the May edition ofCosmopolitan, which was conducted through written letters back and forth.
article_snippet.sent: In the new interview, Chelsea Manning speaks of a tumultuous childhood, why a woman enlisted in the military, and realizing a woman was a woman trapped in a man's body . '
article_snippet.sent: Of attending high school in overseas, Chelsea Manning recalled: 'I don't think I ever said "I'm gay" or "I'm trans.
highlights_snippet.sent: After being convicted in July 2013 as Bradley Manning, she admitted having gender dysphoria and announced plans to transition into a woman .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: she officially changed she name last year and sued for permission to undergo hormone therapy for gender reassignment from within prison .
  