Hello world: Chelsea Manning dons a v-neck dress and shows off her new pixie-cut in first photo since her release from prison

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[h=2]Hello world: Chelsea Manning dons a v-neck dress and shows off her new pixie-cut in first photo since her release from prison[/h]

Chelsea Manning has posted the first photo of herself since her release from prison on Wednesday after seven years behind bars. 'Okay, so here I am everyone!!' wrote Chelsea.

 

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[h=1]Hello world: Chelsea Manning dons a v-neck dress and shows off her new pixie-cut in first photo since her release from prison[/h]

• Chelsea Manning posted a photo of herself on Instagram Friday, her first since she was released from prison after seven years
• In the image, Chelsea shows off her new pixie-cut and wears a navy blue v-neck dress
• It is the first image Chelsea has shared since she began to transition in prison
• A black-and-white image of Chelsea that has been circulating since 2013 of Chelsea in a wig was released by the military during her trial
• Chelsea began hormone therapy in February 2015 and was granted the right to undergo gender transition surgery in September of last year

• She was then granted an early release by Barack Obama days before he left office, with her sentence commuted from 35 years to seven

 

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Chelsea Manning has posted the first photo of herself since her release from prison on Wednesday after seven years behind bars.
'Okay, so here I am everyone!!' wrote Chelsea on Instagram, adding '#HelloWorld.'
In the photo, Chelsea wears a navy blue dress with stripes at the waist and a deep v-neck.
The 29-year-old also shows off her new pixie-cut in the image, which is the first she has shared since her transition.
It was announced back in September that the army had agreed to allow Chelsea to undergo gender transition surgery, six days after she started a hunger strike in protest of their refusal to allow her to have the operation.
'I am unendingly relieved that the military is finally doing the right thing. I applaud them for that. This is all that I wanted – for them to let me be me,' said Chelsea at the time.
She was the first transgender inmate to ever be approved for the surgery.

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Big debut: Chelsea Manning posted a photo of herself on Instagram Friday, her first since she was released from prison after seven years

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Not shared: The black-and-white photo of Chelsea released by the military at her trial had been taken years prior and sent to her therapist

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Military prison: Chelsea (above in 2013) has been behind bars since 2010, when she was first charged with giving classified government materials to WikiLeaks

Chelsea successfully petitioned to have her name changed in 2014, and began hormone therapy in February of the next year.
It marked the first time the Army had allowed the therapy in prison, and they still required that Chelsea keep her hair cut short as per their standards.
Two months after she was approved for hormone therapy, Chelsea wrote about how happy she was in a letter to Amnesty International, which the group posted on their Facebook accounts.
'I finally began my prescribed regime of hormones to continue my overdue gender transition in February,' explained Chelsea, who used the letter to thank members of the group for their support.
'It's been such an amazing relief for my body and brain to finally come into alignment with each other. My stress and anxiety levels have tapered off quite considerably. Overall, things are beginning to move along nicely.'
She added that the she was 'staying strong' thanks to the support of Amnesty advocates.

 

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The black and white image of Chelsea with long blond hair that began circulating in 2013 was taken years before it was released by the military during her trial.
That image had been sent by Chelsea to a therapist, along with an email in which she said that she had hoped her time as an army private might help her 'get rid of [her need to transition].'
Chelsea wrote about the first time shed went shopping for women's clothing in an essay that was published in The Guardian back in August, saying it happened back in 2010 while she was on leave from her deployment to Iraq.
'I’d long known I was a woman, but I’d been afraid, and a bit embarrassed, to appear publicly as myself before this,' wrote Chelsea.
'Not only was I worried that I could lose my already-tenuous connections with my family, but I was terrified that I could face administrative, or even criminal, charges from the military.'
Chelsea pointed out that this was also a year before the military's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy was abolished by the Obama administration.
She went on to detail how she bought a business-like suit which she told the salesperson was for her girlfriend, adding that the two were the same height and asking that she be measured to insure it would fit.
Then she went off and bought some cosmetics, and used a wig she had previously purchased to put the look together.
'I actually spent a solid day, in public, dressed a woman, wearing my new clothes and makeup,' wrote Chelsea.
'I just kind of wandered about, going to coffee shops and bookstores, trying to blend in as a bored woman looking for something interesting to do even though I was actually exhilarated.'

 

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Online: She posted a photo that showed her in a pair of new black Converse sneakers with the caption: 'First steps of freedom!!'

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Food for thought: Later that afternoon Manning posted another snap of herself enjoying her first post-prison lunch, a piece of pizza

Sorting out her social: Chelsea tweeted and then deleted a comment about her release being a trending topic (above)

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Bubbly: Chelsea capped off her day with a $150 bottle of Dom Perignon champagne, writing: 'Here's to freedom and a new beginning.'

Chelsea has been documenting her time back in the real world ever since she was released on Wednesday.
Her first post showed her 'first steps of freedom' in a pair of new black Converse hours after her release from Fort Leavenworth military prison in Kansas, while her second was of the slice of pizza she had been looking forward to enjoying for the past seven years.
She then capped off her day with a $150 bottle of Dom Perignon champagne, writing: 'Here's to freedom and a new beginning.'
Chelsea has been behind bars since 2010, when she was first charged with giving classified government materials to WikiLeaks.
Chelsea, who was named Bradley at birth, was convicted in 2013 on 20 of the 22 offenses with which she was charged, including six Espionage Act violations, theft and computer fraud.
She was acquitted of the most serious charge she was facing, aiding the enemy.
Chelsea was then sentenced to 35 years in prison, but that was later commuted to seven years beginning with the date of her arrest by Barack Obama just days before he left office.
In total, she released more than 700,000 classified military and diplomatic documents via WikiLeaks.
She said she wanted to expose what she considered to be the US military's disregard of the effects of war on civilians and that she released information that she didn't believe would harm the United States.
Critics said the leaks laid bare some of the nation's most-sensitive secrets and endangered information sources, prompting the State Department to help some of those people move to protect their safety.
The Crescent, Oklahoma, native tweeted after being granted clemency that she plans to move to Maryland.
Chelsea previously lived with her aunt Debra in Potomac for a little over a year before she enlisted in 2007, at which time she attended some college, had a boyfriend and held down a handful of jobs.

 

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Chelsea Manning, gave trove of U.S. secrets to WikiLeaks

 

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Manning’s 35-year sentence was commuted by President Barack Obama, who concluded that seven years in federal custody was enough for her crimes.

 

[Dave007inVegas]

Looks like he's going to need a training bra.

 

[Willie99]

One of Obama's greatest accomplishments

Maybe libtard nation can give him some award for courage

 

[Michelangelo]

To all the guys past 50, did you ever think we'd see a day when this kind of trash was celebrated?

 

[ScottL]

I don't want to be cruel but it looks like she transitioned to an ironing board.

I'm sure a book, movie, and millions are on the way.

 

[THawk+]

Wish someone would put a bullet in her head and do the country a favor. What a joke! Bigger joke is all the people supporting her.

My dad is probably shaking his head at this pathetic display of an American soldier....

 

[Seymour]

To all the guys past 50, did you ever think we'd see a day when this kind of trash was celebrated?

I'm not past 50 but at this point we are headed so far left and even Trump is only slowing it - after the bathroom shit I realized this country has gone nutz