Precious Brady-Davis

American author and climate activist

Precious Brady-Davis (born 1986/1987) is an American author[1] and transgender climate activist.[2][3] She is also a LGBTQ+ activist.[2][3] She is the most seen trans woman of color climate activist.[3] She launched a 1.6 million dollar CDC HIV Prevention program at the Center on Halsted, an LGBTQ community center.[4][2][3] There she was Mentor of LGBTQ+ teens.[2] She wrote the best-selling book, I Have Always Been Me.[2] Today, she is the director of communications at the Sierra Club.[5][2][3] She and Myles Brady-Davis, her transmasculine husband, had a baby girl in 2019.[2] The baby's birth certificate listed the Brady-Davis' proper genders.[2]

Early life

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Brady-Davis was in foster care when she was a toddler.[2] This was because of her mother’s mental health issues.[3] At age five she moved in with her grandparents.[2][3] In fourth grade her peers started being homophobic to her.[2][3] In middle school it got worse.[2] In public high school she started to explore her identity.[2][3] In her sophomore year Brady Davis moved into a foster home.[3] In college she came out as gay. She went to college in Chicago.[2][3] There she made a name for herself as a performance artist.[2] Many LGBTQ+ teens looked up to her for her inspirational story of resilience.[2][3]

References

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  1. Clifton, Derrick (2021-02-12). "Activist Precious Brady-Davis Reclaims Her Identity as a Black, Trans Woman in New Memoir". Them. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 Schoenberg, Nara (2021-07-18). "Precious Brady-Davis, who broke barriers as the first transgender mom to be correctly gendered on an Illinois birth certificate, tells her story in a new memoir". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Kaufman, Alexander C. (2019-06-05). "Precious Brady-Davis Is Connecting The Dots". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  4. "Precious Brady-Davis (D)". WTTW. 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  5. Schoenberg, N. (2019, Jul 17). 'We're pregnant!': High-profile transgender couple myles and precious brady davis are expecting their first child. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2021-12-07