Donna Personna

Donna Personna in 2018

Donna Personna (born 1946) is a transgender rights activist[1] and fine art artist, who focuses in photography, painting, and mixed media. Personna was friends with The Cockettes and she played a part in Elevator Girls in Bondage.[2] Personna co-wrote a play about the Compton Cafeteria riot, one of the first recorded LGBT-related riots in United States history, and marking the beginning of transgender activism in San Francisco.[3]

  1. ^ "'Denying our very humanity:' Trump proposal wounds Bay Area transgender community". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. ^ "SF Pride Lifetime Achievement Honoree: Donna Personna | Commonwealth Club". www.commonwealthclub.org. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  3. ^ Boyd, Nan Alamilla (2004). "San Francisco" in the Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America, Ed. Marc Stein. Vol. 3. Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 71–78.