Mara Keisling

Mara Keisling
Born (1959-09-29) September 29, 1959 (age 65)
Alma materPennsylvania State University (BSS)
OccupationActivist
EmployerNational Center for Transgender Equality (2003– Summer 2021)
Known forTransgender rights activism

Mara Keisling (born September 29, 1959[1]) is an American transgender rights activist and founding executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality.[2][3] In 2003, Keisling founded the National Center for Transgender Equality to advocate for the rights of transgender people in the United States.[4]

  1. ^ "Mara Keisling | LGBTHistoryMonth.com". www.lgbthistorymonth.com. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  2. ^ "Mara Keisling". National Center for Transgender Equality. December 5, 2014. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  3. ^ "Queery: Mara Keisling". Washington Blade: Gay News, Politics, LGBT Rights. November 17, 2011. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  4. ^ Newman, Toni (March 31, 2015). "Mara Keisling, Founding Executive Director of National Center for Transgender Equality, Discusses Racial Equality". Huffington Post. Retrieved July 24, 2017.