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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 word describing those people whose gender identity is in alignment with the sex they were assigned at birth - focus too much on the administrative, legal, and medical aspects of trans identity.

~Chelsea Manning

Topics: Administrative Affecting Alignment Aspects Assigned Birth Community Describing Focus Gender Identity Issues Legal Me Medical Most Much People Seems Sex Those Too Too Much Unfortunately Were Who Whose Word

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A doctor, a judge, or a piece of paper shouldn't have the power to tell someone who he or she is. We should all have the absolute and inalienable right to define ourselves, in our own terms and in our own languages, and to be able to express our identity and perspectives without fear of consequences and retribution.

~Chelsea Manning

Topics: Able Absolute Consequences Define Doctor Express Fear He He Or She Identity Inalienable Judge Languages Our Ourselves Own Paper Perspectives Piece Power Retribution Right She Should Someone Tell Terms Who Without

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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.

~Chelsea Manning

Topics: Able Beings Human Human Beings Live Recognized Should Societies

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In my experience, working as an intelligence analyst with my own pool of sources numbering close to 100, by far the most effective forms of human intelligence collection are rapport-building and direct questioning.

~Chelsea Manning

Topics: Analyst Close Collection Direct Effective Experience Far Forms Human Human Intelligence Intelligence Most My Own Own Pool Questioning Sources Working

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As outrageously counter-intuitive as this might seem, the most hardened terrorists and criminals are often extremely willing to brag about the terrible things they've done, the unlikely places that they have been hiding, the important people that they know and deal with, and the plans they have been working on for the future.

~Chelsea Manning

Topics: About Been Brag Criminals Deal Done Extremely Future Hardened Hiding Important Important People Know Might Most Often People Places Plans Seem Terrible Terrorists Things Unlikely Willing Working

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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

Topics: Began Being Cage Desert Disappearing Facing Fear Forever Going Hot Living Male Never Prison Public Secret Treated Trial World

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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

Topics: Advancement Been Beginning Equality Folks Found Intelligent Loud Over Part Personal Political Push Spoken Success Transgender Voices World

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We can work to get queer and trans people out of the prisons and jails and off the streets, and to improve our access to housing, education, employment and gender-confirming healthcare.

~Chelsea Manning

Topics: Access Education Employment Get Healthcare Housing Improve Jails Off Our Out People Prisons Queer Streets Work

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Many queer and trans people live - and lived - in our prison and jails, in our homeless shelters, in run-down houses and apartment buildings, and on the corners of every major city. Marriage equality doesn't help them; and the potential loss of momentum for trans/queer rights after this win could well hurt them.

~Chelsea Manning

Topics: After Apartment Buildings City Corners Could Equality Every Help Homeless Houses Hurt Jails Live Lived Loss Major Many Marriage Marriage Equality Momentum Our People Potential Prison Queer Rights Shelters Them Well Win

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When I wanted to serve my country, I was forced to hide the most basic and human aspect of my life and my identity from the people to whom I was supposed to be the closest - and with whom I had to trust my life. I also had to hide from myself.

~Chelsea Manning

Topics: Also Aspect Basic Closest Country Forced Had Hide Human Identity Life Most My Life Myself People Serve Supposed Trust Wanted Whom

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Criminal

Born: December 17th, 1987

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