Aria Sa'id (born 1989/1990) is an American
transgender
A transgender (often abbreviated as trans) person is someone whose gender identity or gender expression does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth. Many transgender people experience dysphoria, which they seek to alleviate through ...
advocate and
political strategist
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based in
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
.
She is a co-founder (along with
Janetta Johnson
Janetta Louise Johnson (born 1964/1965) is an American transgender rights activist, human rights activist, prison abolitionist, and transgender woman. She is the Executive Director of the TGI Justice Project. She co-founded the non-profit TAJA's C ...
and
Honey Mahogany
Honey Mahogany (born December 30, 1983) is an American activist, politician, drag performer, and singer. She first came to national attention on the fifth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', followed by releasing her debut EP ''Honey Love''. She w ...
) and the executive director of
The Transgender District,
and founder and director of the
Kween Culture Initiative.
Sa'id has also worked at the Trans:Thrive resource center, as program manager for
St. James Infirmary, and as policy advisor for the
San Francisco Human Rights Commission
The San Francisco Human Rights Commission (HRC) is a charter commission of the City and County of San Francisco that works to increase equality, eradicate discrimination, and to protect human rights for all people. The HRC enforces City Ordinance ...
.
In 2018, she was awarded the 10 Years of Service Award by
San Francisco Pride.
See also
*
List of LGBT people from Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon has a large LGBT community for its size. Notable LGBT people from the city include:
* Sam Adams – first openly gay mayor of a large U.S. city
* Matt Alber – singer-songwriter
* Terry Bean – gay rights activist and ...
References
External links
*
Kween Culture Initiative
1990s births
African-American activists
LGBT African Americans
LGBT people from Oregon
People from San Francisco
Living people
Transgender women
Transgender rights activists
21st-century LGBT people
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