Charlie Craggs
Charlie Craggs | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Education | London College of Fashion[1] |
| Occupation | Author |
| Known for | transgender activism,[2][3][4] |
Charlie Craggs is a British transgender activist and author from London.[5]
She was number one on the 2016 "New Radicals" list compiled by Nesta and The Observer newspaper,[6] and was number 40 in The Independent newspaper's 2015 "Rainbow List" of the 101 most Influential LGBTI people in the UK.[7]
In 2017 Craggs published her first book, To My Trans Sisters,[8] a collection of letters by successful trans women.[2] In 2018 the book was a finalist in the 30th Lambda Literary Awards.[9]
Craggs began a campaign in 2018 for inclusion of a transgender rainbow flag emoji in Unicode,[10] which was subsequently included in 2020.[11]
References
- ^ Fashion, London College of (January 28, 2019). "LCF Alum Charlie Craggs publishes first book To My Trans Sisters". London College of Fashion.
- ^ a b "Review of the year: the female groundbreakers of 2017". The Independent. December 25, 2017.
- ^ "Trans myths debunked: 'They're not just handing out vaginas in the street!'". BBC Radio 5 Live.
- ^ "How Charlie Craggs Is Fighting Transphobia One Manicure At A Time". The Fader.
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- "Girl On A Mission: Charlie Craggs". British Vogue.
- Wareham, Jamie. "Dr Ranj's Personal Reason For Supporting LGBT+ Inclusive Education". Forbes.
- "Charlie Craggs". Stonewall. June 14, 2016.
- "V&A · Charlie Craggs – Trans activist". Victoria and Albert Museum.
- "Charlie Craggs: As a transgender female I shouldn't be afraid to be myself". ITV News. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
- ^ "Charlie Craggs: Nail Transphobia". Nesta.
- ^ "Rainbow List 2015: 1 to 101". The Independent. November 15, 2015.
- ^ To My Trans Sisters. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. 2017. ISBN 978-1785923432.
- ^ "30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced". Lambda Literary Foundation. March 6, 2018.
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- "Trans activists are hijacking the lobster emoji for an important reason". The Independent. August 2, 2018.
- Gilmour, Paisley (August 1, 2018). "Why these trans activists are hijacking the lobster emoji". Cosmopolitan.
- ^ Curtis, Cara (January 30, 2020). "Unicode Consortium finally added a transgender flag emoji and more gender-inclusive designs". The Next Web.
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