I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female. Given the way that I feel, and have felt since childhood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible.

It's not my goal to be a leader or spokesperson, or anything like that.

I think we can achieve meaningful change, but only if we demand that the institutions themselves change their behavior.

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.

Donations to my legal defense fund really help, and I think keeping me motivated and spreading the message are also very important.

The press and free speech landscape has totally changed. There is far less news reporting today. Instead, we have this endless stream of - largely meaningless and speculative - analysis by sideline commentators and self-proclaimed "experts."

Anxiety, depression, and suicide don't discriminate based on how much money you have - though it might make it easier for you to get help.