Chelsea Manning Quotes - Page 3 of 3

I came out publicly as transgender and began hormone replacement therapy while in prison. When I was released, however, there was no quantifiable history of me existing as a transwoman. Credit and background checks automatically assumed I was committing fraud.
Chelsea Manning / Soldier
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Credit

Fraud

Therapy

Transgender

Assumed

Automatically

Committing

Existing

Publicly

Released

Replacement
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There is a difference between a consumer - who passively receives the information that they are spoon fed - and a citizen - who engages with society, asks questions, does research, and works towards making a difference in their neighborhood, city, and country.
Chelsea Manning / Soldier
Making A Difference

Neighborhood

Citizen

Consumer

Fed

Passively

Receives

Spoon
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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.
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Kids

Inspiration

People
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Though there are plenty of reasons to critique U.S. foreign policy and the way in which the U.S. military enacts it, serving your country has long been a way for economically marginalized Americans to get an economic step up - and could be for trans people as well.
Chelsea Manning / Soldier
Critique

Foreign Policy

Marginalized

Serving

Economically
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I am not asking for a pardon of my conviction. I understand that the various collateral consequences of the court-martial conviction will stay on my record forever. I am merely asking for a first chance to live my life outside the U.S.D.B. as the person I was born to be.
Chelsea Manning / Soldier
Collateral

Conviction

Pardon

Merely
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Patriotism is often the cry extolled when morally questionable acts are advocated by those in power. When these cries of patriotism drown out any logically based dissension, it is usually the American soldier that is given the order to carry out some ill-conceived mission.
Chelsea Manning / Soldier
Patriotism

Questionable

Soldier

Acts

Cries

Drown

Mission

Logically
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