There is an awful lot of work to do to protect trans folks. We are still disproportionally poor and administratively and institutionally discriminated against at all levels of society.

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.

One's freedom is one's love and one's love is one's undoing, it's all in the dictionary...

... And I wondered if we had disappointed God so much, that he wrote us off as pets, just alive to entertain.

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.

When I'm acting in a film that I'm not producing, I stay to myself.

People are just cannibals unless they leave each other alone.

I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time - without UN approval and much broader support from the international community.

Persevere in virtue and diligence.

Some plays just come out of me, just on instincts. I'll make a play and wonder, How did I do that?

The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project

Always do the right thing, always be exciting, always be encouraging, and always be learning something new.