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.

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.

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.

There is far more to transitioning in the public eye than money, public relations, and logistics.

Sometimes You Have to Pay a Heavy Price to Live in a Free Society

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

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