Chelsea Manning appears on NYC Pride float for first time as a free woman

Chelsea Manning appeared at the 2017 NYC Pride parade for the first time since coming out as a transgender woman, and for the first time since being released from jail earlier this year.

Chelsea Manning aboard the ACLU float at the 2017 NYC Pride.

Chelsea Manning aboard the ACLU float at the 2017 NYC Pride. Source: Glenn Garner / Instagram.

This weekend saw the 2017 NYC Pride parade go ahead, featuring some of New York City's colourful and passionate LGBTQIA+ people.

For one in particular, this parade was particularly special. 

Chelsea Manning attended the NYC Pride parade for the very first time since coming out as a transgender woman, but also for the first time since her release from jail for leaking classified government and military information to Wikileaks.

She rode on the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) float (who provided her legal representation during to fight to be given Hormone Replacement Therapy in jail), before jumping in to a car with transgender activist Gavin Grimm for the last leg of the parade.

In a tweet, Manning said she was "honoured" to represent the ACLU, and "lost her voice from screaming so much".
Attendees of the parade were very excited to see Manning in attendance:


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Published 27 June 2017 11:33am
By Chloe Sargeant


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