In order to advance the rights of these communities, he has been involved in impact litigation and policy work, including participating in a recent victory with New York's juvenile justice system. Over the years, he has been an advocate and activist around issues of gender, sexual orientation, and HIV/AIDS and, currently, his work focuses on advocating for the rights of community members imprisoned throughout New York State. His article, Safety and Solidarity Across Gender Lines: Rethinking the Segregation of Transgender People in Detention, appeared in the Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review in 2009.