Freedom fighter
TTPC president Marisa Richmond educates and advocates for her community and beyond
by Jessica Gibson
Oct 31, 2011
http://www.outandaboutnewspaper.com/article/5023As the president of Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition, Marisa Richmond is a tireless advocate for transgender equality. Before the founding of TTPC, she also founded a much needed support group for transgender individuals in 1992, the Tennessee VALS—a group still vibrantly supporting the GLBT community. She has garnered much attention, both for her lobbying, and for her trailblazing life as a transgender woman.
Her accomplishments include becoming the first transgender person to be elected in Tennessee when she was elected as a delegate to the Executive Committee of the Tennessee Democratic Party—a position she has held since March of 2008. On June 29, 2011, Ms. Richmond was invited to attend the White House LGBT Pride reception, where she met with President Obama and Vice-President Biden.
