Janet Mock Biography

Janet Mock is the author of two memoirs Redefining Realness and Surpassing Certainty the host of the conversation series Never Before a contributing editor and columnist for Allure and a feminist intent on tackling stigma through storytelling. Janet broke ground in 2014 with the release of her first book Redefining Realness a pioneering and profound memoir which was the first biography written from the perspective of a young trans person. It debuted on the New York Times bestsellers list in 2014 and Janet was interviewed by Oprah Winfrey for Super Soul Sunday. Her second book Surpassing Certainty a memoir about the years in her life when she was not public about being trans was praised by Kirkus as a “defining chronicle of strength and spirit…brimming with liberated self-discovery.” On January 21 2017 the sought-after speaker and advocate (who founded #GirlsLikeUs and #TransBookDrive) addressed millions on stage at the Women’s March on Washington where she urged for an intersectional and inclusive movement that included all women: trans women undocumented people sex workers and disabled folk. “I stand here today most of all because I am my sister’s keeper…Our approach to freedom need not be identical but it must be intersectional and inclusive.”

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