LGBT rights activist from the United States
As a child and in her teens she suffered from gender dysphoria, feeling that she should have been born female instead of male. She began a gender transition in her twenties, ending with sexual reassignment.
Served in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm as a combat medic with the Navy and Marines. Was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation, Meritorious Unit Commendation, National Defense Service Medal, Fleet Marine Force Ribbon, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and Navy and Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon.
In 2003 she was honored with a National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Leadership Award, along with writer/producer David Lee, Los Angeles City Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa and Rosie ODonnell and partner Kelli at the 14th Annual National Gay and Lesbian Leadership Awards. The award commended them for their outreach support in the Gay and Lesbian Community. She has also been given the Servicemembers Legal Defense Networks Randy Shilts Visibility Award.
Was crowned Miss Tennessee Entertainer of the Year in 1999, the last of her seven beauty/talent pageant wins before retiring from the pageant circuit.
Lives in Los Angeles, California and contributes much of her time promoting "Deep Stealth" a company she co-owns with business partner Andrea James.
