Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
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), 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.