Transgender
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first openly transgender judge in U.S.
Houston, TX
At her birth in 1948, Phyllis Randolph Frye was named Phillip. Growing up in Texas, Phillip became an Eagle Scout and was the commander of...
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author, trans health trailblazer
Union City, CA
Jamison Green was born in Oakland, California, on November 8, 1948, and designated female at birth. Thus, when he was adopted at one month old,...
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Trans Woman, Vietnam Veteran, Dakota Tribe Member
Rapid City, SD
Blair Greybull was born on August 24th, 1949, in Fort Yates, North Dakota, within the tribal headquarters of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Raised in...
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transgender women of color activist
Little Rock, AR
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy was born in the 1940s in Chicago, Illinois. Around age 13, she came out to her parents as transgender. After a psychologist,...
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Transgender Flag Creator, Activist, and Navy Veteran
Marietta, GA
Monica Helms was born on March 8, 1951, in Sumter, South Carolina. She was born into a family with a strong military background, spending most...
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Stonewall arrestee, early trans catalyst, entertainer, author
Palmdale, CA
Christy Henderson-Jenkins was born on November 11th, 1949. She spent her childhood years in Philadelphia before moving to Arizona with her mother and stepfather at...
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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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ED of TGI Justice Project, mentored by Miss Major
San Francisco, CA
Janetta Johnson was born on November 12, 1964 in Tampa, Florida. Assigned male at birth, she was bullied and reprimanded growing up for presenting more...
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Award-Winning Latine Social Worker, Trans Veteran
Orlando, FL
Zander Keig was born in Torrance, CA, on July 7, 1966. His father joined the Marine Corps and then worked as an engineer, while his...
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Transgender Educator, Volunteer
Harvey, IL
Lonnie Kenebrew was born on July 20, 1965 in Harvey Illinois. He grew up in a lively family of 11 in Robbins, Illinois. He fondly...
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Black Trans Activist, Hairstylist
Memphis, TN
La’Cretia La’Mour was born on September 29, 1947 in Tupelo, Mississippi. She grew up in the Shake Rag area of Tupelo, in a segregated community...
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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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Trans Health Activist and Educator, Artist
San Francisco, CA
Yoseñio Lewis was born in October 1959 in Newport, Rhode Island. A transgender man and Latino of African descent, he is also a trans rights...
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Navy veteran, transgender activist
Bay Saint Louis, MS
Crystal Little was born in 1943 in New Orleans, Louisiana, and named Charles. The second of seven kids in his family, Charles never felt a...
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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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