Chelsea Manning to speak at C2 Montreal this month
MONTREAL — Organizers of an annual Montreal business conference say American whistleblower Chelsea Manning is scheduled to participate in this year’s event.
C2 Montreal is billing the appearance later this month as Manning’s first international speaking engagement a little more than a year after her release from jail.
Organizers say in a statement the inmate rights and LGBTQ advocate will focus on gender discrimination in the tech industry.
The 30-year-old transgender was known as Bradley Manning when she was convicted and sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking a trove of classified material in 2010.