I have been thinking a lot about my gender this week.

For the first time in 15 years, I have been surfing. Last time I surfed was before I medically transitioned. I grew up surfing in the early '90s, when I was one of the only girls out on...

This is part two of train of thought that includes more questions than answers, but I hope it starts conversations on how we can find alternatives in our daily lives to abolish our Prison Industrial Complex. Read the first part, "Everyday Abolition: We Are Responsible for the Prison Industrial...

I have been thinking a lot about violence at the hands of the state -- the police state we have become -- and the prison industrial complex (PIC) that we've developed. And since I work in higher education, I have been thinking especially of everyday abolition in the college setting....

For over a year I have been communicating with Comrade Mailk Washington, a man imprisoned in Texas. We have been exchanging stories of life, and finding common ground in our very different experiences, we have been discussing civil rights and social justice; over the course of this year I can...

It is time for all of us to work together for systematic change. Together we need to combat the structural, social, economic, and political exclusion experienced by many black people in this country. Ignorance and silence are violence to those around us.

Police violence against black people is not...

For years I have been reading about Assata Shakur. I read newspaper articles; I watched discussions about her on Democracy Now! and other radical news outlets; I'd seen her name emblazoned on shirts, and some of my favorite revolutionaries quote her. Last week, I finally picked up her autobiography. I...

I spent the month of January in Uganda. I almost didn't go because in December, as I was planning my trip, the Ugandan parliament passed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill (AHB) and I was supposed to be there to support my trans* sisters. Google search my name, and you won't...

As a higher education staff member with my work focusing on intersectional identities, I am often asked about "Safe Space" workshops: Do I lead them? Do we have them on campus? I also encounter people starting off workshops, etc., saying, "This is a safe space to..." Every time I hear...

I've been invested in sustainable living and environmental issues since I was in Jr. High. Ecology was how I got involved in activism. In fact, to be clear, marijuana legalization was my first activist issue. To my parents chagrin, I was the 14-year-old little christian girl writing all her papers...

A few weeks ago MMA fighter Fallon Fox made a splash in the news for coming out as a transgender woman. And this week, NBA player Jason Collins came out as a gay man, writing, "No one wants to live in fear. I've always been scared of saying...

I have been getting a lot of emails and Facebook posts from friends asking me to "weigh in on" mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Fallon Fox. It is an interesting request, because Fallon Fox is a woman who happens to...

Esta noche, mientras conducía de vuelta a casa del gimnasio, iba reflexionando sobre lo feliz que soy ahora mismo... en este preciso instante. Nunca me hubiera podido imaginar que mi vida sería así. Ni en mis sueños más descabellados me hubiera podido imaginar hasta dónde he llegado hoy.

Esta noche,...

Driving home from my workout one night, listening to a collection of songs from Broadway musicals, I found myself reflecting on how happy I am right now. My life today is one that I never could have imagined in my wildest dreams. I reveled in a feeling of relief from...

Tornando a casa dalla palestra ieri sera, riflettevo su quanto sono contento. Proprio ora. Proprio in questo momento. Non avrei mai potuto immaginare che la mia vita sarebbe stata questa. Nei miei sogni più arditi non avrei potuto immaginare di essere dove sono oggi.

Stanotte, guidando verso casa dalla palestra,...

Here on The Huffington Post, Shane Windmeyer wrote a piece about becoming friends with Dan Cathy, the president and COO of Chick-fil-A. I was going to respond in the comments section, but I quickly realized that I had lots more than 250 words to say.

Four years ago...

On December 14th, around 11pm, I crafted the following message to my Facebook friends. After much thought, I decided to share it here with the Huffington Post community, and add some additional thoughts.

Dear Friends and Facebook Friends,

I am a radical. I am NOT a liberal, never have been.

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I am scared.

Rachel Maddow discussed financing of elections friday night. She discussed the hundreds of millions of dollars that people are raising for Mitt Romney. She questioned what this means for Obama and had Harvey Weinstein on to discuss why people are not funding Obama in...

It has been a few weeks since the NYPD announced on June 12th that they are amending their patrol guide to include information on how to treat transgender and gender nonconforming people.

I am an abolitionist; I believe that the prison industrial complex is not serving anyone, especially people...

I am not participating in Pride events this year. "Why not?" you ask. Am I not out and proud?

I am very proud of all parts of my sexual and gender identity. I am a proud, queer, bisexual transexual. I love my community, and I am proud of how...

Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 3, Episode 14 of Fox's "Glee," entitled "On My Way." This story includes some spoilers.

I just tried Nutella this week, it made peanut butter look like crap, and I love peanut butter. What are you looking forward to?...