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.

I am merely asking for a first chance to live my life outside the [U.S. Disciplinary Barracks] as the person I was born to be.

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.

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

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

Disturbingly, the First Amendment, along with the Fourth Amendment - protecting against unreasonable searches and seizures, and requiring warrants - have been the major casualties of the shift in government policy in the last two decades. Unfortunately, I think that the biggest consequences of this tragedy won't be clear until it is far, far too late.

I prefer a painful truth over any blissful fantasy.