Community Quote by 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 chose to…

— 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 to go…

— Chelsea Manning

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

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 rather people…

— Chelsea Manning

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

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

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

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

— Chelsea Manning

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

— Chelsea Manning