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The transgender community is
vibrant and alive with culture,
diversity, talent and beauty.
On this page we are pleased to
highlight some of the most
distinctive leaders in the
community, those who have had
the courage to represent, speak
out, and pave the way for the
progress made so far. We
celebrate creative expression in
all forms relating to the
transgender performing arts,
music and literary scene.
Many noteworthy and impressive
creative and lifestyle successes
have been enjoyed within the
community in the past 50 years,
and it is important to recognize
the amazing talent and beauty
that lives here today.
This page is a tribute to all
those who dare to stand outside
the box and publicly represent
the trans community in a
positive light. These
gifted people form the backbone
of transgender culture and
social perception. We are
hoping this page will inspire
more transgendered leaders and
artists to stand up and be
celebrated. |
It's important that someone
celebrate our existence...
People are the only mirror we
have to see ourselves in. The
domain of all meaning. All
virtue, all evil, are contained
only in people. There is none in
the universe at large. Solitary
confinement is a punishment in
every human culture.
Lois McMaster Bujold
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Professor Lynn Conway - a
prominent transgendered scientist and
educator |
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Dr. Anne Lawrence - TS
scientist, researcher, advocate and
leader |
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Dr. Becky Allison - TS medical
physician, author and contributor |
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Helen Boyd - author of the
acclaimed literary work, My Husband Betty |
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Brianna Austin - a high profile
transgender journalist and entrepreneur |
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Crissy Wild - provides a leading
resource site for the transgendered
community |
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Transgendered Hall of Fame - these
people have been selected for this list
because their fame or notoriety was in
some way due or connected to their being
transgendered. |
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TS Success
Stories - bios and pictures of
numerous proud transitioners |
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AmberSpace - a beautiful young
transsexual woman shares her journey in an
ongoing detailed account of her complete
gender transformation. Updated
frequently. |
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Jennifer Reitz - TS author,
contributor and hostess of Transsexual.org |
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Calpernia Addams
- TS actress, author, artist and
entrepreneur, co-founder of
Deep Stealth Productions |
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Donna Rose is a well-known
educator, author, advocate, and
spokesperson |
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Renee Reyes is an inspiring
transwoman who has built an award winning
resource site serving the transgendered
community. |
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Gwendolyn Ann Smith is a
transgender woman with over a decade of
social activism work to her credit on
behalf of the trans community. |
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Raven Kaldera is a female-to-male
transman who is a gifted writer, published
author and transgender leader |
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Laura Ann Amato provides a
wonderful transgender resources site,
Laura's Playground which features advice,
articles, news, directories and more. |
| Lacey Leigh author of "7 Secrets of Successful Crossdressers", hostess of the yahoo forum The Successful Crossdresser |
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There has to be this pioneer, the
individual who has the courage, the
ambition to overcome the obstacles that
always develop when one tries to do
something worthwhile, especially when it
is new and different.
Alfred P. Sloan |
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The Cockettes - a recent documentary about the legendary San Francisco theatrical troupe in 1969-1972. |
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Girls Will Be Girls - A 2003 comedy produced by MGM featuring three leading transladies. |
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VENUS OF MARS - a documentary featuring the eye-catching transgender singer of a Minneapolis glam rock band and her wife negotiate the frontiers of love and gender. |
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Ghostlight - an impressionistic homage to Martha Graham, dancer, choreographer and twentieth century icon, portrayed with uncanny accuracy by Richard Move, a man almost twice her size. |
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Hedwig and the Angry Itch - Adapted from the critically acclaimed off-Broadway rock theatre hit, Hedwig and The Angry Inch tells the story of an "internationally ignored" rock singer, Hedwig, and her search for stardom and love. |
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100% Woman - a documentary about reigning Canadian downhill mountain bike champion Michelle Dumaresq, who spent the first 20 years of her life as Michael. |
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Juwanna Mann - Jamal, a basketball pro, is thrown out of the NBA. He returns as Juwanna Mann in the WNBA. Produced by Warner Brothers. |
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Most creative work is a process
of people passing ideas and
inspirations from the past into
the future and adding their own
creativity along the way.
Joichi Ito |
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