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Apr 15, 2018 · The 35-year-old activist and bestselling author tells her remarkable story – and explains why she’s working on a new drama about trans women of colour that will be nothing like Transparent ...
Mock is a writer, director, and producer on the show, and is the first trans woman of color hired as a writer for a TV series in history. It follows the lives of five trans women in the New York ballroom scene in 1987.
- Writer, author
- Redefining Realness, trans activism
Janet Mock is the New York Times bestselling author of two memoirs, Redefining Realness (2014) and Surpassing Certainty (2017) about her journey as a Black and Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) trans woman. She’s also a writer, director and producer, most known for her path-clearing and historic work on the Peabody and Emmy award-winning series ...
In 2018, Mock became the first transgender woman of color to write and direct an episode of television. Most recently, she signed a three-year multimillion-dollar contract with Netflix, making her the first openly transgender woman of color to sign a deal with a major content company.
After launching a career in journalism, writing two memoirs and becoming a trans activist, Mock made history as the first trans woman of color to write and direct an episode of TV when she...
Apr 28, 2015 · Emily Strohm. Published on April 28, 2015 06:40PM EDT. Photo: George Burns/Harpo Productions. In the season finale of Oprah ‘s Super Soul Sunday, former PEOPLE.com editor Janet Mock sits down...
Jun 15, 2017 · Transgender Advocate Janet Mock: 'We're Not Deceiving People ... We're Just Trying to Be Ourselves' Sam Gillette. Updated June 15, 2017. Writer and TV host Janet Mock became a face and a voice...
