"From my perspective at least, it's not terribly clear to me that my actions were explicitly done for 'peace'. I don't consider myself a 'pacifist', 'anti-war' or (especially) a 'conscientious objector," he said in a statement first reported by the Guardian. Manning, who recently announced he wanted to be known as Chelsea and live as a woman, took issue with being awarded the 2013 Sean McBride Peace Award.