When 80% of Americans say they've personally never met a trans person, that means the majority of the public's information and awareness about this community has been influenced by media which for over a century have dangerously misrepresented and mischaracterized who we are without our perspectives or participation. 

I was, at one point, among one of the 80% until I self-actualized in college (in an Abnormal Psychology class, my how times have changed) and became determined to dedicate my life to changing culture through media. I started by studying the effects that mass media has on development in children and how the messages in media we consume in many ways come to define how we understand ourselves and others.

I'm grateful to do that work every day at GLAAD and through my filmmaking to empower creators to elevate the quality their stories, anchoring in authenticity, as a means to shape culture, which in turn impacts daily lives and experiences of those off-screen reflected on the screen.

Thank you for supporting our work at GLAAD and collectively as a community to combat and counter centuries worth of erasure and misrepresentation so that we can finally be seen in full. 

Media advocacy influences every aspect of our lives, from policy and legislation to rhetoric and dialogue to discrimination and violence to fulfillment and representation. It is intertwined with every facet of our culture which is why the imperative is so critical to get the stories right and the focus intentional. 

I'll continue updating this page to share some of the work I've been most proud to do at GLAAD over the past few years, with the caveat that our best work is yet to come and still in the making because of what our movement and the moment demands. 

We're up to the challenge but can't do any of it without your support and belief in our mission to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people through media. So thank you for allowing us to fight the good fight with you.