Chelsea Manning

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

— Chelsea Manning

Visibility is not equality.

— Chelsea Manning

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

— Chelsea Manning

I used to get these horrible feelings; like, I just wanted to rip my body apart, and I don't want to have…

— Chelsea Manning

When I was a kid, I wanted to be in business or politics, like a CEO of a big corporation or a…

— Chelsea Manning

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

— Chelsea Manning

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

— Chelsea Manning

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

— Chelsea Manning

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

— Chelsea Manning

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

— Chelsea Manning

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

— Chelsea Manning

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

— Chelsea Manning

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

— Chelsea Manning

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

— Chelsea Manning

Even if I didn't have the support that I have, I would still be fighting the same fights, and I would still…

— Chelsea Manning

There are just too many opportunities - and an increasing number of them - to hide systemic, institutional wrongdoing behind legal veils,…

— Chelsea Manning

As a young kid, I spent a lot of time exploring the world around me.

— Chelsea Manning

On the night of 4 November 2008, Barack Obama was elected on a platform of 'hope' and 'change.' He was hailed as…

— Chelsea Manning

I had always known that I was 'different.' I didn't really understand it all until I got older. But there was always…

— Chelsea Manning

The insecurity that comes from being behind bars with, at best, imperfect oversight makes us all feel responsible only for ourselves. We…

— Chelsea Manning

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

— Chelsea Manning

The press and free speech landscape has totally changed. There is far less news reporting today. Instead, we have this endless stream…

— Chelsea Manning

I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female. Given the way that I feel, and have felt since childhood, I want to…

— Chelsea Manning

Owning my identity... ties into my value of dignity.

— Chelsea Manning

We need to send a powerful message to the world in a unified voice: that we can fight for social justice for…

— Chelsea Manning