Chelsea Manning, the transgender US Army soldier who served seven years in prison for leaking classified data, tearfully thanked former President Barack Obama for granting her clemency. "I was given a chance, that's all I wanted," Manning told ABC's "Nightline" co-anchor Juju Chang, her voice choked with emotion. /REUTERSManning came out as transgendered shortly after her sentencing, but the military denied her request for hormone therapy treatment while behind bars. It keeps me from feeling like I'm in the wrong body," Manning said. "I used to get these horrible feelings like I just wanted to rip my body apart."

Source: The Star June 10, 2017 07:07 UTC