In honor of Latinx Heritage Month in the United States, I interviewed Laya Monarez, a Latinx, Chicana, transgender bisexual artist and activist from Washington, DC. Amongst other achievements, she spoke at the White House in 2016, has painted several public murals in DC, and has been working with DC City Council members to pass a sex work decriminalization bill. Laya has been a longtime friend, and has inspired me as a Latinx transgender woman myself. We have worked alongside each other advocating for social justice, painted together, and even skated on the same roller derby league, the DC Rollergirls. In this interview, we talked about her activism, her heritage, and her artwork — which can be found on her site LayaMonarez.com. So why do you use the term Latinx? For me using ...