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.

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.

I don't want him to hurt like I'm hurting. I don't want him to miss me like I'll miss him. I don't want him to be falling for me like I've been falling for him.

The best time to talk to ghosts is just before the sun comes up. That's when they can hear us true.

Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.

Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.

Am I missing an eyebrow?

I was a dork hunter. That's hard to do. I fell out of a tree.

The outflow that comes from giving of oneself opens the door to spiritual unfoldment while the attitude of taking locks it.

Alas, all traditions lose their primal purity and we all fail our founders.

Dreadful sorry mistress. Ma always said I was too silly to die

When I do yoga, it gets all sweaty, and the best thing for dried up hair isn't shampoo, it's sweat.