Tracie Jada O’Brien
Since
surviving the mean streets of San Francisco’s Tenderloin
District in the 1970s as a young
transgender street kid, Tracie Jada O’Brien has become one of the most
respected and elegant role models of our community – a testament to beauty,
survival and perseverance.
O’Brien is a certified addictions treatment counselor and spent six years
as a counselor and coordinator of Extend Services at Stepping Stone of San Diego,
a nationally renowned Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facility
specific to the GLBT community.
O’Brien is also the co-founder
of Transaction, San Diego’s first political, social,
transgender group that succeeded in having cross-dressing laws
in the county repealed. O’Brien is active with the San Francisco
Transgender Law Center, The California Transgender Leadership
Summit, The California Office of AIDS Transgender HIV Equality
and Party Conferences, and the Center of Excellence for
Transgender HIV Prevention. She is also the coordinator of the
Family Health Center’s Project S.T.A.R., which provides services
for the transgender community.
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