Chelsea Manning Quotes

Chelsea Manning
Chelsea Manning
American Criminal
Born: Dec 17, 1987
Me Military People Time World You
Unfortunately, prisons try very hard to make us inhuman and unreal by denying our image, and thus our existence, to the rest of the world. Chelsea Manning
World Try Rest Our Unreal Thus Make Prisons Existence Very Denying Unfortunately Us Hard Inhuman Image
No one knows my gender more than I do. You do not know my gender better than I do. A doctor doesn't know it better than I do. My parents don't know it better than I do. No one experiences my gender in the way that I experience it. Chelsea Manning
You Experience Doctor Better Gender Parents Way More No-One Know Knows Than Experiences
You start to forget about the world outside - it's not relevant or relatable anymore. The darkest part of solitary confinement is that you start to forget about cars and jobs and families and weather and politicians - and all the things that make up a society. Chelsea Manning
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Presenting myself and my gender is about my right to exist. Chelsea Manning
Myself Gender About Exist Right Presenting
Gender presentation should reflect the person that you are. When you lose control of your gender presentation, you lose an important aspect of your identity and existence. Chelsea Manning
You Gender Important Lose Reflect Control Identity Existence Person Should Aspect Your Presentation
Any increase in surveillance of marginalized communities for the sake of security theater have expanded the cycle of criminalization that queer people - especially queer people of color - are forced to navigate. Chelsea Manning
People Increase Security Color Forced Sake Queer Surveillance Any Theater Cycle Communities Navigate Marginalized
I think a lot of opportunities would have come easier to me if I had felt more comfortable and confident in my own skin and not terrified of the world around me. Chelsea Manning
Me World Opportunities Own Skin Think I Think Easier Would My Own More Had Come Terrified Comfortable Around Felt Lot Confident
The military is diverse and large, and it's public: it serves a public function; it serves a public duty. Chelsea Manning
Duty Military Diverse Public Large Function Serve
Transgender folks have been part of the push for LGBT equality from the beginning, and we've spoken with loud and intelligent voices and have found political and personal success and advancement all over the world. Chelsea Manning
Success Equality World Political Beginning Transgender Folks Voices Push Part Advancement Spoken Over Been Loud Intelligent Personal Found
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 through that experience again. It's really, really awful. Chelsea Manning
Experience Feelings Rip Horrible Through Like Go Get Just Want Wanted Again Apart Really Body Used Awful
Read everything. Ask your own questions. Be your own filter. Nobody is going to look at the world around you and tell you what important things are happening that affect you and the ones you love. Chelsea Manning
Love You World Important Important Things Own Filter Everything Tell Nobody Look Read Around Affect Questions Going Happening Ask Your Things
Prisons function by isolating those of us who are incarcerated from any means of support other than those charged with keeping us imprisoned: first, they physically isolate us from the outside world and those in it who love us; then they work to divide prisoners from one another by inculcating our distrust in one another. Chelsea Manning
Work Love World First Other Our Those Charged Distrust Physically Divide Outside Outside World Support Another Isolate Prisoners Prisons Imprisoned Than Any Then Us Means Who Function Keeping
The unique problem for transgender women in prison is that our health and welfare are also the responsibility of those charged with overseeing us. Chelsea Manning
Health Women Problem Welfare Responsibility Prison Transgender Our Those Charged Also Overseeing Us Unique
I've been a fan of Taylor Swift for years - ever since I heard her song 'Love Story.' I'm also a really big fan of Selena Gomez - I really started listening to her a lot in the months before and during my court martial in 2013. Chelsea Manning
Love Song Listening Big Before Love Story Months Martial Since Also Court Been Big Fan Years Heard Lot Fan Story Really Taylor Taylor Swift Swift Ever Her Started
I do not think that Caitlyn Jenner's transition was easy. Coming out and transitioning as a public figure - even for someone like her - is an extraordinarily difficult task to undertake. I might not agree with her on a couple of points, but I will refuse to say that her transition was easy. Chelsea Manning
Will Difficult Think Extraordinarily Say Out Easy Someone Points Like Couple Undertake Coming Task Refuse Public Transition Might Transitioning Public Figure Figure Agree Even Her Difficult Task
From my perspective, the world's shaped me more than anything else. It's a feedback loop. Chelsea Manning
Me World Feedback Perspective Else More More Than Anything Shaped Loop Than Anything Anything Else
I loved being in my sister's room. I really admired her and wore her clothes to play in, played with her dolls, played with her makeup. She had a mirror with settings to see what you would look like in different lighting. I thought that was amazing. Chelsea Manning
You Amazing Thought Mirror Sister Clothes Settings Would Admired See Had Lighting Like Look She Makeup Dolls Being Different Loved Wore Room Really Play Her Played
As I rebuild my life, I remind myself not to relive the past. Chelsea Manning
Life Myself My Life Past Rebuild Relive Remind
I began to fear that I was forever going to be living in a hot desert cage, living as and being treated as a male, disappearing from the world into a secret prison, and never facing a public trial. Chelsea Manning
World Fear Prison Living Secret Trial Facing Never Disappearing Hot Cage Male Began Forever Going Being Public Desert Treated
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