Gender Quotes by Chelsea Manning

10 Gender quotes by Chelsea Manning

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Chelsea Manning’s reflections on gender are direct and unflinching. This handful of ten lines offers a succinct look at how she navigates identity within broader social structures.

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Presenting myself and my gender is about my right to exist.

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By December 2009, I had come to terms with my gender identity just as I was deployed to Iraq.

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The unique problem for transgender women in prison is that our health and welfare are also the responsibility of those charged with…

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No one knows my gender more than I do. You do not know my gender better than I do. A doctor doesn't…

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There is an awful lot of work to do to protect trans folks. We are still disproportionally poor and administratively and institutionally…

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I believe that the trans movement is at a crossroads. We have achieved an unprecedented level of visibility in the last couple…

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Gender presentation should reflect the person that you are. When you lose control of your gender presentation, you lose an important aspect…

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Unfortunately, it seems to me that when it comes to issues affecting the trans community, most people who are cisgender - a…

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I do not think that Caitlyn Jenner's transition was easy. Coming out and transitioning as a public figure - even for someone…

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There are still many homeless trans folk wandering the streets. They are still harassed on the street by bystanders and police officers.…

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I think it's actually kind of sweet how there is a reciprocal effect that our stories can have on each other.

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Visibility is not equality.

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I regret if my actions hurt anyone or harmed the United States. It was never my intent to hurt anyone. When I chose to…

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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…

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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.…

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By December 2009, I had come to terms with my gender identity just as I was deployed to Iraq.

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I wanted the American public to know that not everyone in Iraq and Afghanistan were targets that needed to be neutralized, but rather people…

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I do not think that Caitlyn Jenner's transition was easy. Coming out and transitioning as a public figure - even for someone like her…

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Suffrage is not a right afforded to everyone. Rather, voting is a privilege in the United States - and a hard-earned privilege at that.

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Through every struggle that I have been confronted with and have been subjected to - solitary confinement, long legal battles, and physically transitioning to…

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We should all be able to live as human beings - and to be recognized as such by the societies we live in.

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Day-to-day life is as simple as it is routine - though my days are often long and very busy.

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The most important people for me, at least in the last couple of years since I came out, are my supersecret trans friends and…

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In the years preceding my imprisonment, I worked as a software programmer, designing and developing web interfaces, secure databases, and communication software; later, I…

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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…

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