Even if I didn't have the support that I have, I would still be fighting the same fights, and I would still be the same person that I am today.

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.

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.

As a young kid, I spent a lot of time exploring the world around me.

I am really passionate about transparency and trans rights issues, so I embrace these opportunities to speak. I try to stay in touch with those who are prominent in both the trans and transparency movements, but more often than not, I am speaking out on a particular issue on my own. I certainly hope that people listen to me and think about these issues. But regardless of whether I had a public venue to speak in, I would still be passionate about them.

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.

I prefer a painful truth over any blissful fantasy.