Jennie Kermode

Jennie Kermode is a freelance journalist and chair of Trans Media Watch. She is writing in a personal capacity.

Going inside, coming out

Before Chelsea Manning rebelled against the order of the US army, others had already done so—the soldiers she exposed. Their insider status has protected them whilst she has functioned as a symbolic sacrifice. Her coming out is an act of defiance.

By Jennie Kermode

/ 27 Aug 2013