Gender Identity
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RADICAL FAERIE, THERAPIST, POET
Decatur, GA
Franklin Abbot was born in 1950 in Birmingham, Alabama. He grew up in Birmingham, Buffalo, and Nashville. As a kid, Franklin marched to the beat...
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Proud Parent Ally, Author, Public Speaker, founder of Okaeri
Pasadena, CA
Marsha Aizumi was born on May 28, 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio. Her parents were originally from Southern California, but were displaced to the midwest from...
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Women's Reproductive freedom activist
Slidell, LA
Susan Jane Allen was born in Detroit in 1948. Her parents, Leo and Helen Allen, both worked in the space industry. In 1962, the family...
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Two-spirit poet and educator
Lakewood, CO
Crisosto Apache was born in 1971 in New Mexico. His father is a member of the Diné (Navajo) tribe and his mother is part Mescalero...
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Two-spirit transgender educator
San Francisco, CA
Born in Anchorage, Alaska in 1957, Marcus Arana was given the name Mary by his parents. As one of three children in a working class...
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ARMENIAN-AMERICAN ACADEMIC IN WOMEN'S STUDIES
Northampton, MA
Arlene Voski Avakian was born in 1939 to an Iranian Armenian father and a Turkish Armenian mother who was a survivor of the Armenian genocide....
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Quaker peace activist, Radical Faerie
Cookeville, TN
Hector Black was born on February 12, 1925 in Brooklyn, New York. On the cusp of being sent to the front lines in World War...
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Trans Spaces Creator, Labor Organizer
Quilcene, WA
Marsha Botzer was born in Seattle, Washington on February 26th, 1947. She describes her early years as “quiet,” with “not much talk about being or...
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first trans surgeon to perform gender-affirming surgeries
Burlingame, CA
Dr. Marci Bowers was born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1958. At age four, Marci and her family moved to Oconomowoc, a small town in...
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lawyer; founder, Trans People of Color Coalition
Washington D.C., DC
Kylar William Broadus was born on August 28, 1963 in Fayette, Missouri. His parents—William, a truck driver, and Fannie, a supervisor of housekeeping—instilled in their...
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HIV activist, community manager, women's advocate
Chalmette, LA
Gina Brown was born on January 15, 1966 in Pittsburgh, California. Up until age 4, her family lived happily in a middle class neighborhood. When...
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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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Black Trans Activist, Human Right's Advocate
Washington D.C., DC
Earline Budd was born on August 14, 1958 in Washington, DC, where she grew up in a very religious family. Assigned male at birth, Earline...
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Lifelong rock star, singer songwriter, trans man
Nashville, TN
Cidny Bullens was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in Massachusetts and Maine. His family was middle class and conservative. As a young musician...
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Public Speaker, Mentor, Trans Equality Advocate
North Garden, VA
Charley Burton was born on May 27, 1960 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The city was segregated in his early childhood, and his parents were vocal advocates...
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1st openly trans Native American state legislator
San Antonio, TX
Stephanie Byers was born on February 5th, 1963, in Norman, Oklahoma, to a mother she describes as a “firecracker” and a gentle, studious father of...
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