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American LGBT activist

Riki Anne Wilchins (born 1952) is an American activist^[1] whose work has primarily focused on the impact of gender norms.

The Heroines of My Life: Interview with Riki …

Background

Wilchins founded the first national transgenderadvocacy group (GenderPAC).^[2] Their analysis and work broadened over time to include discrimination and violence regardless of individuals' identity. While this perspective has been widely accepted, its breadth has provoked criticism by some in the transgender community.

Wilchins's work and writing have often focused on youth, whom they not only see as uniquely vulnerable to the gender system's pressures and harm, but whom they see as capable of "looking with fresh eyes". Wilchins's work has been instrumental in bringing transgender rights into the mainstream LGBT movement, and has helped bring awareness of the impact of gender norms to a wider audience, and they are credited with coining the term "genderqueer."^[3][4]