“I don't consider myself a 'radical.' Radical in American society has, ...” — Chelsea Manning Quote

I don't consider myself a 'radical.' Radical in American society has, I think, become this buzzword that makes a lot of ideas and discussions seem foreign or new to people - whether for or against them. Is it radical to seek justice? Is it radical to be rescued by love? Is it subversive to be sweet?

Read everything. Ask your own questions. Be your own filter. Nobody is going to look at the world around you and tell you what important things are happening that affect you and the ones you love.

When I wanted to serve my country, I was forced to hide the most basic and human aspect of my life and my identity from the people to whom I was supposed to be the closest - and with whom I had to trust my life. I also had to hide from myself.

We can work to get queer and trans people out of the prisons and jails and off the streets, and to improve our access to housing, education, employment and gender-confirming healthcare.

I think everyone is kind of an immigrant somehow, and I wasn't raised in an American society at home. My household was a Jamaican household, so I got all my traditions, all my roots and culture intact, so I'm able to support both countries.

The military is a microcosm of American society, so it really is not unusual that they would have Klan people and white supremacy people connected to them.

American society as a whole can never achieve the outer-reaches of potential, so long as it tolerates the inner cities of despair.

The reversion of American society to a nation of the superrich and the rest... is straining the country in ways that go way beyond economics.