In 2020, 350 Transgender people were killed worldwide. A fifth of them were in their own homes, and 44 of these killings happened here in the United States.

I flew home last weekend. I needed to get out of Seattle and clear my head, so I booked a last- minute flight to California and spent four days in Santa Cruz with the people I care about most. Thank God for pandemic pricing.

The following letter was sent to Seattle Parks & Recreation Superintendent Jesús Aguirre on Monday, October 12, 2020.