I am a chronically ill and disabled writer and strategist with decades of work in world-changing social movements, policy advocacy and journalism. Most recently, I founded and co-directed the national Long COVID Justice project.

I'm now at the CUNY Graduate Center's Biography and Memoir program as an “illder” -- a term I coined to represent those of us mentoring each other in confronting chronic illnesses and an ableist society alike – committed to sharing movement history, health information and unique approaches to living with illness.

In this time of mass disabling pandemics, I'm sharing stories and strategies through The Cranky Queer Guide to Chronic Illness, where I braid experiences as a longtime HIV and disability justice activist, research advocate, and life as a queer and transgender parent, harm reductionist and sexual liberationist.

My recent and upcoming publications include authored or co-authored chapters for The Long COVID Survival Guide, Liberation Stories: Building Narrative Power for 21st Century Social Movements, Unfolding Corpus: Vulnerability and Radicality in Times of Plagues, and Race, Justice, and HIV: Visions for a Society Without Bars.

I'm working on a memoir about turning into a sex god during the COVID-19 pandemic, plus untold histories of ACT UP and more.