Biography
Chelsea Manning, before 2014, wearing the male name Bradley, - a citizen of the United States of America, in an instant that became famous much more than many people relating to show business. This woman is known (at that time another man) became after the large number of military secret documents announced.Childhood and youth
Bradi Manning's biography began in a small town called Crisager that in Oklahoma. The boy was born on December 17, 1987. Manning Father, Brian, served on the fleet, was in Wales for a long time. There is a man and met Susan Fox. Lovers got married, and in 1976 they had a daughter born. The girl was called Casey. After 3 years, the family moves into the United States, to the Motherland of Brian, where Bradley appears a little later.
Bradley's sister recalls that parents often drank, not paying attention to children, and Casey had to take care of the brother. Already in childhood, Manning became interested in computer games, in the fictional universes of which it was easy to hide from indifference to parents. Study at school was given to Bradley easily, especially the boy attracted informatics and natural sciences.
A little later, the parents of manning divorced, and Mother Bradley, along with her son, returned to Wales. In the British school, a teenager also had no problems with academic performance, but classmates often teased Bradley due to overly feminine manners and a clear American accent.
Manning did not fit in a new country and, after graduating from school, he moved to his native states at 17, settling with his father and his new family. The young man immediately arranged to work by a programmer, but soon was dismissed.
At the same time, Bradley Manning admitted to the Father, which is gay. A young man opened makeup and led the guys into the house. Because of this, frequent conflicts with a stepmother occurred. Once, without restraining, Bradley threatened a woman with a knife. After that, the father drove the young man from the house.
Military service
At the insistence of Father, Manning goes to the army. Military service was very difficult for a young man: Bradley seemed unbearably heavy and physical exertion, and inspired control from the senior to the title. Relations with colleagues also left much to be desired: having low growth (157 cm) and insufficient weight (53 kg), Manning often became the object of ridicule.In 2009, Bradley Manning is sent to Iraq. Initially, the bosses considered it unsuitable, but specialists were not enough. In Iraq, Manning is at its disposal a computer, as well as access to secret documents of the Pentagon. Bradley, as well as the rest of the programmers, has to work at 12 o'clock in stuffy and tight premises.
During the work, Manning came across a video, on which the American military shot peaceful people from the helicopter. The young man embraced the awareness of the injustice of what is happening. Bradley laid out this video on the Internet, and he himself began to look for other evidence of war crimes.
In 2010, Manning managed to download 400 thousand materials related to war in Iraq, as well as 91 thousand documents regarding war in Afghanistan. All data programmer recorded on the disk and calmly delivered from the territory of the base by writing on the cover of the disk "Lady Gaga".
After some time, Bradley goes on vacation in the States. There, the programmer refers to the Washington Post and the New York Times newspapers, offering to transfer the released information. However, representatives of publications are not interested in manning information or, perhaps, simply did not believe the young man. Then he binds to WikiLeaks Julian Assange, famous for the publications of secret information that fell to them in various ways.
Embed from getty imagesHow later Manning is recognized, communication with WikiLeaks representatives helped to brighten hard work hours and communicating with unfriendly colleagues. In April 2010, Bradley, returned from vacation, wrote a report to the command that he feels like a woman.
Manning was sent to a conversation with a psychologist, during which the young man went out of himself and hit the medical person. It is worth noting that by this time many documents transferred to Manning in WikiLeaks have already been made public, and the military strongly searched for the source of information leakage. 3 days after the incident in the office of the psychologist Bradley Manning detained.
Court
Young man placed in custody. Manning was charged on 22 articles. According to rumors, the handling of a programmer in prison bordered with torture: Bradley was forced to stand for hours or walk, did not give bed linen and forced to sleep naked. The court, held on August 22, 2013, sentenced Manning to 35 years of conclusion. Bradley himself admitted only 10 points of the prosecution, arguing that he just wanted to show people a true face of war.
Embed from getty imagesThe day after sentencing Bradley Manning demanded from the court to recognize his woman. Doctors, examining Bradley, diagnosed in a young man gender dysphoria (inability to take its own floor). Then Manning began to insist on carrying out appropriate treatment. In 2015, the military command decided to allow such treatment.
Bradley, who chose the female name Chelsea, began to undergo a course of treatment. In the same year, the court officially recognized Chelsea manning woman.
"A completely wonderful relaxing feeling, when my body and my brain, finally, begin to live on the same wave," will later remember Chelsea.It is worth noting that in the case of disclosing secret information, many lawyers stood on the side of Chelsea, making focus on the fact that Manning wanted only to inform the world about violations of human rights and crimes committed to the military. Chelsea lawyer filed a petition for pardon. At that time, the President of the United States Barack Obama did not consider it possible to pardon Chelsea Manning, but he went on concessions and reduced the detention period.
In the spring of 2017, "Instagram", "Twitter" and other social networks had a news about the release of Chelsea Manning. Photo Women again appeared on the covers of newspapers and magazines. And indeed, on May 17, 2017, Manning was released. After the liberation of Chelsea, he argued that it was full of optimism and hopes for change in his life. She first introduced the public with her pictures before and after the gender change. Later, the former convict demonstrated the first glamorous frame in a swimsuit.
At one time, the girl continued to be listed in the military department, but without getting a complaint. Later, Manning took up human rights advocacy. Chelsea organized a world tour in which he participated in lectures. However, not all countries agreed to let the United States Air Force analytics on their territory. In Australia, where Manning's 3 performances were planned, demanded to deprive the girl's right to enter.
In early 2018, Manning declared serious political ambitions. She nominated her candidacy from the Maryland Democratic Party to elections to the US Senate.
Personal life
Doubts about sexual orientation arose in Chelsea (then Bradley) in adolescence. At first, the teenager hid it later, later, returned to the United States, opened his father and acquaintances, starting to meet with guys. However, none of the relationship never became truly serious.Already being in the army, Bradley met programmers from Boston, with one of which was a romantic relationship. However, they did not constant.
Now Manning's personal life is still closed from curious eyes. At the beginning of 2019, the girl became the heroine of the next room of the British magazine Dazed. Her photos appeared on the cover of the publication, what Chelsea reported fans from the page of the personal "instagram".
Chelsea Manning now
In early 2019, Chelsea Manning was summoned to a court hearing in the case of WikiLeaks publications. From the ex-soldier demanded to give testimony before the big jury that the girl did it categorically refused. For disobedience, Manning was again imprisoned. Chelsea calmly perceived the sentence.
On April 11, 2019, in London, the founder of the WikiLeaks portal Julian Assange was enclosed in London, after the Ecuador government officially refused the Australian in political refuge. The reason for the arrest was the violations made by the journalist when released on bail in 2012.
However, it became known that the programmer was arrested on request from the United States. At the indictment from the Ministry of Justice of the United States, which was published shortly after the arrest of Assange, we were talking about espionage from his part and about the conspiracy of Julian with a former analyst of the American military intelligence Chelsea Manning.