With thanks to Larry Kramer for spreading the “Silence = Death” meme

Every time I arrived at labor and delivery
I was in more pain than I had ever been in,
and I was afraid for my unborn child.

Outside the hospital there was a garden of lush flowers.
I hated their brightness,
how certain they seemed to be of themselves,
how sure they were that they belonged
all rainbowy in that gray sickness.

No human being with a shred of honesty or integrity could stand up and sing those words.

In April 2017, I came up with the idea of what became the (badly named) Elevator Action Group in Rise and Resist. I wanted to create a group within Rise and Resist that directly addressed issues of people with disabilities… This story is about how I was, at one point, voted the least likely person to be concerned with elevators.

As a child I knew I was

good,

adorable,

and safe.

Because that was what my parents told me,

It’s impossible as a NYC activist not to protest in the gaudy Trump Tower space open to the public. It’s a brass-coated blank slate for rebellious creativity