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.

I want people to see the truth... regardless of who they are... because without information, you cannot make informed decisions as a public.

I prefer a painful truth over any blissful fantasy.

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.

Sometimes You Have to Pay a Heavy Price to Live in a Free Society

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

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.

There is far more to transitioning in the public eye than money, public relations, and logistics.

I want people to see the truth.

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.

I don't think that I'm embracing any kind of leadership for transparency or trans advocacy.

If she could find a man who could feel and laugh as well as desire, she might even think about thinking about marriage.

Never believe you have a Spouse or a Friend until problems come.

Take care of him. And make him feel important. And if you can do that, you'll have a happy and wonderful marriage. Like two out of every ten couples.

The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond clear water in it. Some shady trees leaned over it, and rushes and water-lilies grew at the deep end.

When there is no longer a cyclone, there is no longer an eye. So the storms, crises and sufferings of life are a way of finding the eye.

The jewelry stores say, 'Tell your wife you love her with a diamond,' while wives tell you they love you with, 'Ok, but just because it's Valentine's Day.'

Prayers are offered up daily - without charge... Refreshments are served when demanded.

Having no destination, I am never lost.

You're not pretty, and you'll never be pretty. But, it doesn't matter. You have something much better. You have style.

A long marriage is very unifying, even if it's not ideal, and those old structures must be respected.