born bradley manning , the 27-year-old former intelligence analyst was convicted of espionage in july 2013 for sending a trove of classified documents to the wikileaks website and was subsequently sentenced to 35 years prison .
one month after being found guilty , manning announced that he had always identified as female and planned to start living as a woman named chelsea elizabeth manning .
she was also permitted to have some amenities , including makeup and underwear , but is not allowed to grow her hair long , which she sees as a major affliction that