I like Janet Mock

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=janet+mock+youtube&view=detail&mid=2C97D107D0652EE42CD62C97D107D0652EE42CD6&FORM=VIRE

Caroline Cossey

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=caroline+cossey&view=detail&mid=7969DDCEFE02AE4627A07969DDCEFE02AE4627A0&FORM=VIRE

That was cool to see Stephanie.
Unfortuneatly I don't think she ever had children

Mines April Ashley.

Janae Marie Kroczaleski (https://www.instagram.com/janaemariekroc/?hl=en)

Carolina Gutierrez (https://twitter.com/CaritoGuti14)

Sona Avedian(https://twitter.com/sonaavedian?lang=en)

Just to name a few. I have many role models, so it's difficult to tell which is my favorite.

I would say I have a few. 

Caroline Cossey, whom I met back in '92 when her book first came out,
Mara Keilsing & my friend Marsha Botzer who are probably the greatest trans activists on the planet,
Janet Mock for all the work she has done, and
My friend Andrea James who was an inspiration to me when I transitioned all those years ago (plus there was a Huff Post article on her that I am pictured in...god I was young back then...haha)

-S

I'm not much on role models, the idea we should model ourselves on others robs us of ourselves.

For trans women and men who've touched my life

Julie Vu
Pat Califia
Julia Serano
Kate Bornstein

Laura jane Grace;
she's the one that made me really get that you stay the same person during transition, taking away most of the fear that I had.


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I wasn't going to reply to this post, since whenever I think of someone I can't help but think of all the human flaws or good fortune some have had.

Its a good question though, because there is someone who I can't help but keep remembering. Someone who I realize actually is my role model, and who's experience and way of life shows me how I can overcome my own very human flaws and move forward in my life.

Someone I won't name since she's a member of this site, but I will say thanks. There's some great people here.

Quote from: Amanda_Combs on December 26, 2016, 03:50:52 PM
Laura jane Grace;
she's the one that made me really get that you stay the same person during transition, taking away most of the fear that I had.

SECONDED!

I heard of Laura Jane Grace thanks to a Rolling Stone article about a month ago that mentioned her autobiography as one of the "top trans moments of 2016." I had heard Against Me! songs in the past, but didn't follow them closely. I bought the book the day I saw the article and finished it within a week (it's great!), and have been listening to their last couple albums on repeat pretty much since then. They've become empowering anthems for me in some vulnerable times.

Being older the first time I saw Caroline Cossey on the Phil Donahue show I was struck by the fact he went speechless. She was stunning and her advocacy the last 20 years while here career was ruined because of bigotry and hate is commendable. She is at the top of my list. I've dreamed of looking as good as she does. I've dreamed of being able to explain as well as she does. In my mind she is very close to the perfect woman. She, at 62 is still absolutely gorgeous.

Quote from: AnonyMs on December 26, 2016, 05:05:04 PM
Someone I won't name since she's a member of this site, but I will say thanks. There's some great people here.

Yeah!  I'll definitely second that.  The activists, the public figures, and the authors have been great inspiration and do wonderful things to ease the path for the rest of us, but they are sort of distant figures.

My favorite role models are right here on this site.  They inspire us, interact with us, and help us follow in their footsteps or find our own path.  They've personally kicked my butt when I got stuck in a loop, tail chasing to avoid facing my issues.

They've inspired me to stick around and pay it forward rather than vanish into transition and a new life.


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Michelle,

Your post reminds me of when I transitioned.  My friends were the ones that inspired me.  They were the ones I was going through this with and they were my heroes.  In some respects they still are, although our lives have diverged and we do not see each other any more.  But as I reflect on those days I must say that the friends I transitioned with were incredible.

As a side note, I am actually doing a game night with a few of them on Friday.  We have not all vanished to the winds 

-Sarah

Janet Mock, Stef Sanjati (https://www.youtube.com/user/ThePrinceSane), Laura Kate Dale (https://twitter.com/laurakbuzz).

There are so many, but probably the role models that stand out for me are Christine Jorgensen, April Ashley, Kate Craig Wood, Stephanie Anne Lloyd really touch my situation, she had her surgery in 1983 in Charing Cross Hospital UK, I had my surgery in the same hospital 2 years later in 1985, she married her husband in 1986, I married my man in 2010, I got to meet her when she wrote her autobiography ''Girl in a million'' she sadly passed away a few month ago in a tragic accident.

Hands down, Janet Mock (:


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Forgot about Kristen Beck, who has had a significant impact on my ability to serve openly.

Christine Jorgensen goes back to my puberty days she had her operation in the year I was born.

Carmen carrera , andreja pejic and Jenna talackova