Trivia

Assigned male at birth but knew her true gender was female from an early age.

Graduated from high school at age 16 and entered college in Minnesota but ran into trouble because she possessed female clothing.

Also became a sex worker.

A transgender activist who had been in the movement since Stonewall.

Spent more than 50 years fighting for the "trans, gender-nonconforming, and LGB community - especially for Black trans women, trans women of color and those who have survived incarceration and police brutality".

Arrested on a robbery charge, she spent time in men's prisons and mental hospitals in the early 1970s, and she was often severely mistreated.

Founded House of gg, also known as The Griffin-Gracy Educational and Historical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Moved to New York in 1962 to work in a hospital morgue and perform in drag shows.

Served as a grand marshal at the 2024 New York City Pride March.

Has three sons, Asaiah, Christopher and Jonathon.

First Executive Director of the Transgender Gender-Variant & Intersex Justice Project until she retired in 2015.