Chelsea Manning About to Steal the Show as Cover Person for …

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Born Bradley Edward Manning, the whistleblower claimed to have a female gender identity in 2013 while doing time in prison for disclosing a trove of sensitive documents to WikiLeaks.

Famous whistleblower and 2018 US Senate candidate Chelsea Manning will be the cover star ofthe 2019 spring issue ofthe Dazed British style magazine, which will be dedicated to talking aboutthe global creativity and power ofLGBTQIA+ communities.

So far, Dazed has revealed only two other cover stars ofthis so called Infinity Identities issue besideManning, withLGBT rights activist and transgender model Hunter Schafer and Ariel Nicholson, a 17-year-old transgender "model ofthe hour", landing the features.

"Throughout this whole week, Dazed Digital will be running a campaign that explores LGBTQIA+ rights more broadly, throughthe personal and political," the magazines website announced.

However, a number ofsocial media users didnt seem toagree withthe magazines reasoning or approve ofMannings appearance.

Manning (born Bradley Edward Manning) spent seven years behindbars afterblowing the whistle onthe United States conducting extrajudicial killings inIraq and Afghanistan, turning over700,000 documents toWikiLeaks in2009 and 2010.

READ MORE: Everythings Gotten Worse: Chelsea Manning Slams Worsening Security State

While inprison, Manning released a statement in2013, claiming tohave a female gender identity sincechildhood and expressing his preference ofbeing known asChelsea Manning.

Manning's 35-year sentence was commuted bythen-US President Barack Obama atthe end ofhis term inJanuary 2017, leaving prison that May.

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