As a young kid, I spent a lot of time exploring the world around me. — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
Shortly after arriving at a makeshift military jail at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, in May 2010, I was placed into the black hole… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
The past will always affect me, and I will keep that in mind while remembering that how it played out is only… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
I don't believe that Freedom of Information laws, which have arbitrary time periods or broad blanket exemptions, meet the level of transparency… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
The first time I passed as a woman in public was on leave in the U.S. from my deployment to Iraq in… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
As a young kid, I spent a lot of time exploring the world around me. I lived a few miles outside of… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time denying the idea that I could be gay or trans to myself. From the ages of… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
As outrageously counter-intuitive as this might seem, the most hardened terrorists and criminals are often extremely willing to brag about the terrible… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I wanted to be in business or politics, like a CEO of a big corporation or a… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
The real power of mass data collection lies in the hand-tailored algorithms capable of sifting, sorting, and identifying patterns within the data… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
I knew that I was different. I gravitated more toward playing house, but the teachers were always pushing me toward playing the… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
By the time I enrolled in the military at 20, I had spent years in denial about who I really was. I… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
I think it's actually kind of sweet how there is a reciprocal effect that our stories can have on each other. — Chelsea Manning Copy Share
I regret if my actions hurt anyone or harmed the United States. It was never my intent to hurt anyone. When I chose to… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share
I used to get these horrible feelings; like, I just wanted to rip my body apart, and I don't want to have to go… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share
When I was a kid, I wanted to be in business or politics, like a CEO of a big corporation or a U.S. senator.… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share
By December 2009, I had come to terms with my gender identity just as I was deployed to Iraq. — Chelsea Manning Copy Share
I wanted the American public to know that not everyone in Iraq and Afghanistan were targets that needed to be neutralized, but rather people… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share
I do not think that Caitlyn Jenner's transition was easy. Coming out and transitioning as a public figure - even for someone like her… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share
Suffrage is not a right afforded to everyone. Rather, voting is a privilege in the United States - and a hard-earned privilege at that. — Chelsea Manning Copy Share
Through every struggle that I have been confronted with and have been subjected to - solitary confinement, long legal battles, and physically transitioning to… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share
We should all be able to live as human beings - and to be recognized as such by the societies we live in. — Chelsea Manning Copy Share
Day-to-day life is as simple as it is routine - though my days are often long and very busy. — Chelsea Manning Copy Share
The most important people for me, at least in the last couple of years since I came out, are my supersecret trans friends and… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share
In the years preceding my imprisonment, I worked as a software programmer, designing and developing web interfaces, secure databases, and communication software; later, I… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share
Even if I didn't have the support that I have, I would still be fighting the same fights, and I would still be the… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share
