{"id":32525,"date":"2017-07-13T22:43:13","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T02:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opensource.im\/uncategorized\/people-are-getting-emotional-about-the-story-behind-chelsea-mannings-twitter-handle-buzzfeed-news.php"},"modified":"2017-07-13T22:43:13","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T02:43:13","slug":"people-are-getting-emotional-about-the-story-behind-chelsea-mannings-twitter-handle-buzzfeed-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/chelsea-manning\/people-are-getting-emotional-about-the-story-behind-chelsea-mannings-twitter-handle-buzzfeed-news.php","title":{"rendered":"People Are Getting Emotional About The Story Behind Chelsea Manning’s Twitter Handle – BuzzFeed News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manning, who as an Army intelligence officer leaked more than 700,000 military intelligence reports and documents to WikiLeaks, was released from military prison last month after serving seven years of a 35-year sentence. While in prison, Manning came out as transgender and changed her name to Chelsea. Her sentence was commuted by then-president Barack Obama in January 2017. <\/p>\n

\"This was happening in a particular context, just after I had gone to Thailand for sex reassignment surgery.\" With the letters XY marked on her hand, Schultz said, she had hoped to \"make clear [her] situation as a transsexual woman.\" <\/p>\n

The photo went on to be used by various publications and websites, including Wikipedia. <\/p>\n

\"Actually, it's funny, because I consider Chelsea Manning a heroine,\" Schultz told BuzzFeed News. <\/p>\n

\"My friends from Reset [a queer and feminist hacking page] were the ones who went, 'Hey, Chelsea Manning posted something on Twitter!' When I saw the tweet, it made me emotional. For six or seven years, I've been going to the CCC [an association devoted to hacking], and I've seen people there who have been leading campaigns to free her.\" <\/p>\n

This post was translated from French. <\/p>\n

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