Jack Bee Garland
Assigned female at birth, Jack Bee Garland lived their life presenting as male, including serving as a medic during the Spanish American War and the aftermath of the San Francisco 1906 earthquake.
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Joy Ladin
Joy Ladin’s return to Yeshiva University as a woman after receiving tenure as a man made her the first openly transgender employee of an Orthodox Jewish institution. Her memoir of gender transition, Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey Between Genders, was a finalist for a 2012 National Jewish Book Award, and winner of a Forward Fives award.
Diana Goetsch
American poet and essayist
Dr Penny Whetton
Pioneering climate scientist
Brenda Appleton
Brenda Appleton has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the trans and gender diverse communities in Victoria, Australia.
Brittany Stergis
A transgender woman who was killed in 2013.
Betty Skinner
Transgender woman killed in 2013
Penni Ashe Matz
Penni Ashe Matz andGwendolyn Smith organized the first observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 28, 1999, the first anniversary of Rita Hester’s death.
Rita Hester
The origins of Transgender Day of Remembrance can be traced to the killing of Rita Hester on November 28, 1998.
Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Gwendolyn Ann Smith, a transgender woman from San Francisco, to begin the “Remembering Our Dead” website memorial in order to commemorate the lives of transgender people who have been killed. With the help of fellow activist Penni Ashe Matz, Smith organized the first observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 28, 1999, the first anniversary of Rita Hester’s death.