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Caprice Carthans, a trans woman of color and resident of Marquette Park (Chicago), was a co-chair of the Intergraded Community Advisory Board (CAB) at the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) [1] and is an inductee of the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame in 2020. [2] [3] Carthans, as of August 2022, is a member of the AFC Board of Directors and CAB. [4]
Columbia College Chicago (BA) Precious Brady-Davis (born 1985) [1] is a Commissioner at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD), a Chief Strategy Officer at the Center on Halsted, a transgender author, [2] and a climate change [3] and LGBT rights activist. [3][1] She wrote the best-selling book I Have Always Been ...
Mama Gloria centers Gloria Allen, a 73-year-old trans woman based in Chicago, Illinois.The film shares her life and recollections of growing up on the south side with an extremely supportive family, her childhood realization that she was a girl, time spent in the drag ball scene, her eventual coming out and gender reassignment surgery, and her later career as the proprietor of a charm school.
Gloria Allen (October 6, 1945 – June 13, 2022) was an American transgender activist who ran a charm school for transgender youth in Chicago's Center on Halsted. [1]Allen's school lasted only a few years — she was not paid, and she often used her own money to prepare students' meals — but inspired a hit play, Charm, by Philip Dawkins.
August 6, 2022 at 3:40 AM. Ross will be the third transgender actor in Broadway history, following “Ru Paul’s Drag Race” star Peppermint and Tony award winner L Morgan Lee. NEW YORK (AP ...
Center on Halsted is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ) community center in Chicago, Illinois. The center is located in the Lakeview neighborhood on the corner of Halsted Street and Waveland, attached to Whole Foods Market. It is open every day from 8 am to 9 pm. Patrons participate in the diverse public programs and social ...
Actress, cosmetologist, recording artist, performer. Years active. 2011–present. Lila Martinez (born July 10) also known as Lila Star Escada and known professionally as Lila Star is an American transgender actress, cosmetologist, recording artist, pageant competitor, and performer. She is known for being "the world's first transsexual Latina ...
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy (born October 25, 1946), [1] often referred to as Miss Major, is an American author, activist, and community organizer for transgender rights.She has participated in activism and community organizing for a range of causes, and served as the first executive director for the Transgender Gender Variant Intersex Justice Project.