Dana Beyer

Dana Beyer
Beyer in 2014
Born	(1952-02-09) February 9, 1952 (age 73) New York City, United States
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (M.D., 1978) Cornell University (B.A., 1974)
Occupation	Transgender rights activist in Maryland Executive director of Gender Rights Maryland

Senator Ben Cardin and Gender Rights Maryland executive director Dana Beyer at a March 2012 event in Rockville, Maryland

Dana Beyer (born February 9, 1952) is an American transgender rights advocate and the executive director of Gender Rights Maryland, a civil rights and advocacy organization serving Maryland's transgender community. ^[1] She is a transgender woman. ^[2]

Biography

Beyer was born on February 9, 1952, in New York, New York. Beyer graduated from Cornell University in 1974 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and from University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1978 as a Doctor of Medicine. ^[3] In 2008, Beyer completed Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government as a David Bohnett Foundation LGBTQ Victory Institute Leadership Fellow.

She is executive director of Gender Rights Maryland. ^[4] She used to be on the board of directors of Equality Maryland. ^[5] In 2014, she sat on the board of directors for LGBT employment equality advocacy group Freedom to Work. ^[6] She is on the board of the national Jewish LGBTQ organization Keshet. ^[7]

She blogs about transgender topics at HuffPost . ^[8]

She is a politician from Maryland who ran in the Democratic primary for state Senate District 18. She received 41.8% of the vote (4,890 votes) and lost the 2014 primary election to Senator Richard Madaleno, who was the incumbent. ^{[9] [10]}

She is Jewish, has two sons and lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland. ^[11]

Personal life

During her adolescence, she became an accidental participant in the LGBTQ civil rights movement known as Stonewall. That was an awakening event for her, and became the beginning of her "coming-out" process. ^[12]

References

1. Michael Gold (January 30, 2014). "Two LGBT candidates will go head-to-head in Md. Senate race". The Baltimore Sun . Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
2. "Opinion - Transgender Lives: Your Stories: Dana Beyer". The New York Times . February 4, 2018. Archived from the original on February 5, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
3. "Dana Beyer (D)". ww2.gazette.net. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
4. Michael K. Lavers (October 1, 2014). "Md. transgender rights law takes effect". Washington Blade . Archived from the original on March 31, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
5. Michael K. Lavers (October 14, 2014). "Honor for trans activist sparks controversy". Washington Blade . Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
6. Justin Snow (June 17, 2013). "Freedom to Work doubles down on push for LGBT workplace protections". Metro Weekly . Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
8. "Dana Beyer". huffingtonpost.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-22. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
9. "Gay incumbent fends off transgender challenger for Montgomery Co. state senate seat". WJLA/ABC News. Archived from the original on July 1, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
10. "2014 Primary Election results for State Senator". Maryland State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
11. "Keshet". keshetonline.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
12. "Opinion | Transgender Lives: Your Stories: Dana Beyer". The New York Times. 2018-09-13. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-10-29.

External links

• Official website
• Two LGBT candidates will go head-to-head in Md. Senate race by Michael Gold (January 30, 2014), The Baltimore Sun