Bradley Manning wants to live as 'Chelsea'

Bradley Manning says he plans to live as a woman and begin hormone therapy, a day after the soldier was sentenced to 35 years in prison for sending classified information to WikiLeaks.

He plans to live as a woman named Chelsea, he said in a statement provided to NBC’s Today show.

Manning’s struggle with gender identity disorder — his sense that he was a man trapped in a woman’s body — was a key part of his defence. Lawyers had presented evidence of his struggle with gender identity, including a photo of the soldier in a blond wig and lipstick that he sent to a therapist.