As Iraq erupts in civil war and America again contemplates intervention, that unfinished business should give new urgency to the question of how the United States military controlled the media coverage of its long involvement there and in Afghanistan.

I want people to see the truth.

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.

Donations to my legal defense fund really help, and I think keeping me motivated and spreading the message are also very important.

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

On a transparency front, I would say that I certainly dream of a world in which our local, state, and national and international governments and other organizations have a 21st century, digital-era transparency built into them by default.

There are still many homeless trans folk wandering the streets. They are still harassed on the street by bystanders and police officers. We still face many administrative hurdles in every aspect of our lives. If anything, things are actually getting harder for us, because now there are people who are using our visibility as an excuse to say that we are already receiving fair and honest treatment, when the reality is that we are still in bad shape as a community.