I think the embryonic digital world had the same affect on me as the openness of the old American frontier.

There are very few distinctions between el bueno and el malo en la prisión militar. Instead of the good and the bad, there is the boring and la repetición - the repetitive. The routine is as endless as it is numbing.

It's not my goal to be a leader or spokesperson, or anything like that.

I can only ask of those who care about me and the issues in my case to support me and spread the word about what is going on.

The most important people for me, at least in the last couple of years since I came out, are my supersecret trans friends and confidantes. I think I need to come up with a code name for this circle.

Anxiety, depression, and suicide don't discriminate based on how much money you have - though it might make it easier for you to get help.

I think that the next two generations of Americans will be grappling with the very real specter of finding themselves living in a new and bizarre kind of digital totalitarian state - one that looks and feels democratic on the surface, but has a fierce undercurrent of fear and technologically enforced fascism any time you step out of line. I really hope this isn't the case, but it looks really bad right now, doesn't it?