Visibility is not equality. Chelsea Manning More Quotes by Chelsea Manning More Quotes From 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 storiessweetthinking I didn't really have anyone in particular who inspired me or that I found fascinating as a kid. It wasn't until I was in my early twenties that I began to find people - and they were all historic figures - that I began to relate to and find some inspiration in. Chelsea Manning inspirationkidspeople I believe that the trans movement is at a crossroads. We have achieved an unprecedented level of visibility in the last couple of years. However, that's not the same thing as equality. Chelsea Manning couplebelieveyears There are still many homeless trans folk wandering the streets. They are still harassed on the street by bystanders and police officers. We still face many administrative hurdles in every aspect of our lives. If anything, things are actually getting harder for us, because now there are people who are using our visibility as an excuse to say that we are already receiving fair and honest treatment, when the reality is that we are still in bad shape as a community. Chelsea Manning bystandersrealitypeople I also request that, starting today, you refer to me by my new name and use the feminine pronoun (except in official mail to the confinement facility). Chelsea Manning mailusenames I really don't care how I am perceived by people on the outside. Chelsea Manning dont-carecarepeople Investigative journalism and reporting has become much more dangerous. This is especially true for journalists and sources in National Security - but it has been getting pretty bad for beat reporters and small outlets doing local reporting, too. Chelsea Manning outletsbeatsjournalism I don't believe that Freedom of Information laws, which have arbitrary time periods or broad blanket exemptions, meet the level of transparency that society needs today. Chelsea Manning arbitrarylawbelieve I am merely asking for a first chance to live my life outside the [U.S. Disciplinary Barracks] as the person I was born to be. Chelsea Manning chanceaskingfirsts Day-to-day life is as simple as it is routine - though my days are often long and very busy. Chelsea Manning routinesimplelong I think that the next two generations of Americans will be grappling with the very real specter of finding themselves living in a new and bizarre kind of digital totalitarian state - one that looks and feels democratic on the surface, but has a fierce undercurrent of fear and technologically enforced fascism any time you step out of line. I really hope this isn't the case, but it looks really bad right now, doesn't it? Chelsea Manning realtwothinking There is an awful lot of work to do to protect trans folks. We are still disproportionally poor and administratively and institutionally discriminated against at all levels of society. Chelsea Manning awfullevelspoor I can only ask of those who care about me and the issues in my case to support me and spread the word about what is going on. Chelsea Manning who-caresissuessupport I have served a sufficiently long sentence. I am not asking for a pardon of my conviction. Chelsea Manning convictionaskinglong There are very few distinctions between el bueno and el malo en la prisión militar. Instead of the good and the bad, there is the boring and la repetición - the repetitive. The routine is as endless as it is numbing. Chelsea Manning routinedistinctionboring I don't think that I'm embracing any kind of leadership for transparency or trans advocacy. Chelsea Manning advocacykindthinking As a young kid, I spent a lot of time exploring the world around me. Chelsea Manning exploring-the-worldyoungkids I lived a few miles outside of a tiny town in central Oklahoma. I would often run amok though the fields of wheat, the patches of trees, along the railroad tracks, and on red dirt roads. This had a profound effect on my view of the world - vast, open-ended, full of opportunity, and ready for exploration. Chelsea Manning oklahomaopportunityrunning I think the embryonic digital world had the same affect on me as the openness of the old American frontier. Chelsea Manning digitalworldthinking While being tossed around the world from place to place as a teenager, I wasn't really tethered to any place or anyone. Chelsea Manning around-the-worldteenagerworld
