Miss Major Griffin-Gracy | |
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 Miss Major at San Francisco Pride in 2014 | |
| Born | October 25, 1946 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Activist and author |
| Organization | Transgender Gender Variant Intersex Justice Project |
| Known for | Transgender rights activism |
| Notable work | Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary |
| Children | 5 |
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.
- ^ 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.