Tourmaline (activist)

Tourmaline
Tourmaline at MoMA, March 2016
Born (1983-07-20) July 20, 1983 (age 41)
Other namesFormerly Known as Reina Gossett
EducationBA in comparative ethnic studies, Columbia University, 2006
Alma materColumbia University
OccupationActivist • filmmaker • writer • artist • photographer
Years active2010-Present
RelativesChe Gossett (sibling)

Tourmaline (born 1983;[1][2] formerly known as Reina Gossett)[3][4] is an American artist, filmmaker, activist, editor, and writer. She is a transgender woman who identifies as queer.[2] Tourmaline is most notable for her work in transgender activism and economic justice, through her work with the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, Critical Resistance and Queers for Economic Justice.[5] She is based in New York City.

  1. ^ "Tourmaline on Instagram: "Had my portrait taken by the deeply talented Texas Isaiah who also happens to be my birthday twin (today's our birthday!). ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ We met up…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 25, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  2. ^ a b James, Susan Donaldson (November 12, 2013). "Gay Man Says Millennial Term 'Queer' Is Like the 'N' Word". ABC News. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  3. ^ "Tourmaline | Barnard Center for Research on Women". Barnard College, barnard.edu. Barnard Center for Research on Women. September 25, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  4. ^ "Tourmaline is Fighting for the Unruly Queers of the World". them.us. Condé Nast. June 21, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  5. ^ Meronek, Toshio (2015). "Bitch In: Reina Gossett". Bitch Magazine: Feminist Response to Pop Culture (62): 10. Retrieved November 9, 2015.