Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
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Miss Major at San Francisco Pride in 2014
Born (1946-10-25) October 25, 1946 (age 78)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation(s)Activist and author
OrganizationTransgender Gender Variant Intersex Justice Project
Known forTransgender rights activism
Notable workMiss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
Children5

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.

Griffin-Gracy has contributed to oral history collections, including Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex, The Stonewall Reader, and The Stonewall Generation: LGBT Elders on Sex, Activism, and Aging. Her memoir, Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary, was released by Verso Books in 2023.

  1. ^ Meronek, Toshio; Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major (2023). Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary. Verso. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-83976-334-2.