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.

I think the increased ubiquity of the internet and networked computing in general allowed me to have some tether no matter where I was geographically. I could log in to a computer from anywhere in the world and access the same information and the same people. It allowed me to transcend the physical differences.

I don't think that I'm embracing any kind of leadership for transparency or trans advocacy.

Day-to-day life is as simple as it is routine - though my days are often long and very busy.

I prefer a painful truth over any blissful fantasy.

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

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.