Dana Beyer Explained

Dana Beyer
Birth Date:9 February 1952
Birth Place: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

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 LGBT 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 LGBT civil rights movement known as Stonewall. That was an awakening event for her, and became the beginning of her "coming-out" process.[12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Michael Gold. Two LGBT candidates will go head-to-head in Md. Senate race. The Baltimore Sun. January 30, 2014. March 23, 2015. April 2, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123659/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-01-30/features/bs-gm-beyer-madaleno-lgbt-candidates-maryland-senate-race-20140130_1_lgbt-montgomery-county-transgender. dead.
  2. Web site: Opinion - Transgender Lives: Your Stories: Dana Beyer. February 4, 2018. February 4, 2018. The New York Times. February 5, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180205000757/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/opinion/transgender-today/stories/dana-beyer. live.
  3. Web site: Dana Beyer (D). ww2.gazette.net. 4 February 2018. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035705/http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/080106/montele102141_31912.shtml. dead.
  4. News: Michael K. Lavers. Md. transgender rights law takes effect. Washington Blade. October 1, 2014. March 23, 2015. March 31, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150331025133/http://www.washingtonblade.com/2014/10/01/md-transgender-rights-law-takes-effect/. live.
  5. News: Michael K. Lavers. Honor for trans activist sparks controversy. Washington Blade. October 14, 2014. March 23, 2015. December 22, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141222211924/http://www.washingtonblade.com/2014/10/14/beyer-induction-md-county-hall-fame-sparks-controversy/. live.
  6. News: Justin Snow. Freedom to Work doubles down on push for LGBT workplace protections. Metro Weekly. June 17, 2013. March 23, 2015. April 2, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123706/http://www.metroweekly.com/2013/06/freedom-to-work-doubles-down-o/. live.
  7. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-03-23 . 2016-04-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160415112541/http://www.lionconference.org/schedule/_speaker/4726 . dead .
  8. Web site: Dana Beyer. huffingtonpost.com. 2019-12-12. 2016-06-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20160622130118/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dana-beyer/. dead.
  9. News: Gay incumbent fends off transgender challenger for Montgomery Co. state senate seat. WJLA/ABC News. June 25, 2014. July 1, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140701101606/http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/06/gay-incumbent-fends-off-transgender-challenger-for-montgomery-co-state-senate-seat-104472.html. dead.
  10. News: 2014 Primary Election results for State Senator. Maryland State Board of Elections. June 25, 2014. November 29, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129044549/http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2014/results/Primary/gen_results_2014_1_01518.html. live.
  11. Web site: Keshet. keshetonline.org. 2015-03-23. 2016-03-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20160325004135/http://www.keshetonline.org/people/dana-byer/. dead.
  12. News: 2018-09-13 . Opinion Transgender Lives: Your Stories: Dana Beyer . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-10-29 . 0362-4331.

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