Henry Berg-Brousseau | |
Birth Date: | 9 March 1998 |
Birth Place: | Louisville, Kentucky |
Death Place: | Arlington, Virginia |
Nationality: | American |
Occupation: | Transgender rights activist |
Mother: | Karen Berg |
Education: | George Washington University |
Henry Berg-Brousseau (March 9, 1998 – December 16, 2022)[1] was an American transgender rights activist. He came out as a transgender man at the beginning of his freshman year while attending Louisville Collegiate School. He attended the George Washington University and was a founding member of the Delta Lambda Phi Alpha chapter.[2] He was the deputy press secretary for politics for the Human Rights Campaign.[3]
In 2015, Berg-Brousseau began interning at the Fairness Campaign,[4] a lobbying and advocacy organization, focusing primarily on preventing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
At age 16, he presented a testimony against a Bathroom bill under consideration by the Kentucky legislature and helped prevent its passage.[5] When discussing the bill, he stated:
In 2021, Berg-Brousseau started working at the Human Rights Campaign in Washington D.C.
Berg-Brousseau died by suicide in 2022.[6]