“Living such an opaque life has forced me never to take transparency, o...” — Chelsea Manning Quote

“Living such an opaque life has forced me never to take transparency, openness, and honesty for granted.”

“No one knows my gender more than I do. You do not know my gender better than I do. A doctor doesn't know it better than I do. My parents don't know it better than I do. No one experiences my gender in the way that I experience it.”

“I loved being in my sister's room. I really admired her and wore her clothes to play in, played with her dolls, played with her makeup. She had a mirror with settings to see what you would look like in different lighting. I thought that was amazing.”

“What I love about my work is that I'm forced to look through my character's eyes.”

“No one should ever be forced to choose between food and education, or medicine and shelter when they don't have the resources. It's very unfair.”

“My parents were great at making sure I got out of bed when I needed to play football on a Sunday morning and that I was ready after school to go to training on a Tuesday and Thursday. But it was never forced upon me or rammed down my throat. If it had been, I could have ended up hating sport.”