Elaine Brune

Non-binary teacher and administrator

St. Louis, MO

Elaine Brune was born on June 30, 1955, in Kansas City, Missouri. Growing up in a tight-knit family and neighborhood, Elaine learned to value independence,...
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Sokari Ekine

Blogger, Author, Photographer, Activist

Richmond, VA

Sokari was born on May 15th 1949 in London, UK. After four years of living with their grandmother, they moved to Lagos, Nigeria to live...
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Ladyboy Gigi

INTERSEX BDSM EDUCATOR, RADIO HOST

Houston, TX

Ladyboy Gigi was born in 1955 in Houston, Texas. At birth, Gigi’s genitalia did not fit the standard definitions for male or female bodies (a...
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Alice Hom

Non-profit manager, Queer Asian-American RIghts Activist

Oakland, CA

Alice Hom (she/they) was born on March 6, 1967 in Los Angeles, California and grew up in a working class Chinese American family. Their father...
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Renee Imperato

Trans activist, cabbie, sex worker, mentor

New York, NY

Renee Imperato was born on May 8, 1948 in the Hell’s Kitchen area of New York City, where her mother worked making wigs and toupees...
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Aidan Key

Trans Educator, Author, Speaker, Non-Profit Founder

Juneau, AK

Aidan Key was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1964 seven minutes before his identical twin sister, Brenda. Aidan, his sister, and their mother moved around...
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Cole LeFavour

Idaho's First Out Elected Official

Boise, ID

Cole LeFavour was born on February 8, 1964 in Aspen, Colorado. Raised by unconventional parents in a loving, nurturing household, they grew up with ample...
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Sophia Margeaux

Trans Wilderness Survivalist

Challis, ID

Sophia Margeaux was born Jon Winegarner in Hettinger, North Dakota in 1953. (Editor’s note: Sophia continues to use both names in different contexts. Sophia also...
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Nancy Nangeroni

Founder, GenderTalk radio

Los Ranchos, NM

Nancy Nangeroni was born in Boston, raised in Milton, Massachusetts, and graduated from MIT in 1976 with a degree in electrical engineering. After graduation, she...
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Paul Outlaw

gender non-conforming performing artist & writer

Los Angeles, CA

Paul Outlaw was born in New York City and raised on a Lower East Side housing project with his five siblings. His early passion for...
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Ann Thomas

Founder of Transgender Talent

Anaheim, CA

Ann Thomas was born on October 14, 1962 in Seattle, Washington. At age 3, her family moved to Vashon Island in the middle of Puget...
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Del LaGrace Volcano

Intersex and non-binary artist

Örebro, Sweden

Del LaGrace Volcano (they/them) was born Deborah Diane Wood in Orange, California in 1957. After Del's father and mother separated, their childhood was split between...
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