--- description: Convicted national-security leaker Chelsea Manning says the military has given her nothing but "lip service." title: Chelsea Manning Says Military Still Denying Gender Treatment image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59a28d3079b8eb12/6986a082adae444c31544a48/chelsea-bradley-manning.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [justice](/tag/justice/) ## justice Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Chelsea Manning Says Military Still Denying Gender Treatment by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 22, 2014 11:33 AM CUT  U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning is escorted as he leaves a military court at the end of the first of a three-day motion hearing June 6, 2012 in Fort Meade, Maryland. U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning is escorted as he leaves a military court at the end of the first of a three-day motion hearing June 6, 2012 in Fort Meade, Maryland.Alex Wong—Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 22, 2014 11:33 AM CUT A year after requesting gender-reassignment treatment, convicted national-security leaker Chelsea Manning says the military has given her nothing but “lip service.” In an [exclusive statement](http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/ChelseaStatement.pdf "undefined") to NBC News, the former Army private once known as Bradley Manning said life in the military lockup at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, has restricted her ability to express her gender identity. [Read the rest of the story at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chelsea-manning-says-military-still-denying-gender-treatment-n185981?cid=par-time-article%5F20140822 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3158842/chelsea-manning-says-military-still-denying-gender-treatment/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3158842/chelsea-manning-says-military-still-denying-gender-treatment/"},"headline":"Chelsea Manning Says Military Still Denying Gender Treatment","datePublished":"2014-08-22T11:33:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:48:18.592Z","description":"Convicted national-security leaker Chelsea Manning says the military has given her nothing but \"lip service.\"","url":"https://time.com/3158842/chelsea-manning-says-military-still-denying-gender-treatment/","keywords":["justice"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59a28d3079b8eb12/6986a082adae444c31544a48/chelsea-bradley-manning.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59a28d3079b8eb12/6986a082adae444c31544a48/chelsea-bradley-manning.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Motion Hearing Held In Bradley Manning Case","caption":"Motion Hearing Held In Bradley Manning Case","creditText":"Alex Wong—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/justice/","name":"justice"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3158842/chelsea-manning-says-military-still-denying-gender-treatment/","name":"Chelsea Manning Says Military Still Denying Gender Treatment"}}]}] ```