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The Julie's Greenroom star is advocating for the arts and acceptance alongside her daughter and collaborator, Emma Walton Hamilton, on their Netflix children's show.
![Chelsea Manning](https://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/styles/teaser_custom_user_desktop_1x/public/2017/05/18/chelsea-manning-x750_0.jpeg?timestamp=1495131526 "Chelsea Manning Publishes First Post-Prison Portrait: "Hello World"")
