Precious Brady-Davis | |
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Member of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Board of Commissioners | |
Assumed office July 12, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Kimberly du Buclet |
Personal details | |
Born | 1985 (age 38–39) Omaha,Nebraska,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | University of Nebraska,Lincoln Columbia College Chicago (BA) |
Precious Brady-Davis (born 1985) [1] is a Commissioner at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD),a Chief Strategy Officer at the Center on Halsted,a transgender author, [2] and a climate change [3] and LGBT rights activist. [3] [1] She wrote the best-selling book I Have Always Been Me. [3]
Brady-Davis was born in Omaha,Nebraska, [1] and was in foster care as a toddler. [3] [1] At age five,she moved in with her grandfather and his wife. [3] [1] In high school,she started to explore her identity. [3] [1]
Brady-Davis attended the University of Nebraska. [1] While living in Lincoln,Nebraska,she began performing drag using the name "Precious Jewel". [1] She later transferred to Columbia College Chicago. [1] While in Chicago,she came out as gay. [3] [1] Living in Boystown,she made a name for herself as a performance artist. [3] She launched a US$1.6 million dollar CDC HIV Prevention program at Chicago's Center on Halsted,an LGBTQ community center. [4] [3] [1] There,she was also a mentor of LGBTQ+ teens. [3]
She and her husband Myles Brady-Davis had a baby girl in 2019. [3] They became the first transgender couple to have their gender identities listed correctly on an Illinois birth certificate. [3] [5] They live in Hyde Park. [3] She currently works as a Chief Strategy Officer at the Center on Halsted and is on the Board of Commissioners at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. She is also a nationally-known speaker and activist. [6] [3] [1]
In July 2023,she became the first black trans woman to be appointed to a commissioner position at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. [7]
Brady-Davis' memoir I Have Always Been Me was a best-selling biography on Amazon. [3]
Brady-Davis was a consulting producer for The Lady and the Dale . [2] She was also featured on TLC's My Pregnant Husband. Additionally,she appeared on Say Yes to the Dress:Atlanta on Season 9,Episode 5 "Are You Ready to Play Bridal Blitz?"[ citation needed ]
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