The most important people for me, at least in the last couple of years since I came out, are my supersecret trans friends and confidantes. I think I need to come up with a code name for this circle.
Chelsea ManningI 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 ManningI think the increased ubiquity of the internet and networked computing in general allowed me to have some tether no matter where I was geographically. I could log in to a computer from anywhere in the world and access the same information and the same people. It allowed me to transcend the physical differences.
Chelsea Manning