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.

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.

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

Even if I didn't have the support that I have, I would still be fighting the same fights, and I would still be the same person that I am today.

I believe that the trans movement is at a crossroads. We have achieved an unprecedented level of visibility in the last couple of years. However, that's not the same thing as equality.

I think we can achieve meaningful change, but only if we demand that the institutions themselves change their behavior.

I have served a sufficiently long sentence. I am not asking for a pardon of my conviction.