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

I want people to see the truth.

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

I am really passionate about transparency and trans rights issues, so I embrace these opportunities to speak. I try to stay in touch with those who are prominent in both the trans and transparency movements, but more often than not, I am speaking out on a particular issue on my own. I certainly hope that people listen to me and think about these issues. But regardless of whether I had a public venue to speak in, I would still be passionate about them.

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.

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.