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How I’m celebrating Pride month this year.

On this Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate trans youth by advocating for their dignity and respect.

Recent reports coming out of Norterra Canyon School give us cause for concern. According to some middle school students, they were told it is inappropriate to talk about sexual orientation at school. This is wrong and unlawful.

Transition-related surgery can be life-saving. No one should be denied medically necessary care because of who they are.

When I was asked to learn more about Chili’s new management program, which would allow me to take another step up the corporate ladder, I was thrilled. I attended a seminar about the program in June. I never thought that what I wore to the seminar would cause the end of my Chili’s career.

This blog post originally appeared in the November 2018 issue of Echo Magazine as part of the magazine's "We The People" column.

I was arrested while exercising my First Amendment rights. Then, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office mistreated me and highlighted the urgent need for law enforcement to put policies in place to protect transgender Arizonans.

On a recent day in April, I left my doctor’s office elated. I was carrying my first prescriptions for hormone therapy. I was finally going to start seeing my body reflect my gender identity and the woman I’ve always known myself to be.

When a child is born in Arizona, their vital records should reflect--and respect--the reality of the family they are born into. Right now, that's not the case. We hear far too often from LGBTQ parents who are frustrated and upset that their child's birth certificate does not match their family.