There is an awful lot of work to do to protect trans folks. We are still disproportionally poor and administratively and institutionally discriminated against at all levels of society.

The sole relief I am asking for is to be released from military prison after serving six years of confinement as a person who did not intend to harm the interests of the United States or harm any service members.

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.

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.

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.

While being tossed around the world from place to place as a teenager, I wasn't really tethered to any place or anyone.

It's not my goal to be a leader or spokesperson, or anything like that.