Tona Brown

Posted by Cameron Parkins  Brown is a mezzo soprano vocalist and has an international career as a violinist. She began playing violin at age 14 and has now performed throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Brown had challenges with her gender identity growing...

Brian Michael Smith

Posted by Cameron Parkins    Smith is a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan and is known for his ground-breaking TV performances and his advocacy for transgender representation in the media. Smith was perceived as male often throughout his childhood. He was a gifted...

Honey Mahogany

Posted by Cameron Parkins  Mahogany is a San Francisco-based transgender activist, drag performer and musician. She began performing drag while she was a student at the University of Southern California then co-founded the annual drag competition: Berkeley’s Next Top...

Pepper LaBeija (1948-2003)

Posted by Cameron Parkins  LaBeija was born in the Bronx neighborhood of New York City. LaBeija identified as male but preferred “she/her” pronouns. She was famous for her role in the Harlem drag balls that began in the 1960s and were chronicled in the 1991...