Parker Molloy Explained

Parker Marie Molloy
Birth Date:24 April 1986
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Known For:[1] [2]
Occupation:Writer
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Columbia College Chicago

Parker Molloy (born April 24, 1986) is an American writer and blogger. Molloy was an editorial and news contributor to Advocate.com, focusing on transgender issues. She has also written for other publications, such as Media Matters for America.[3]

Early life

Molloy grew up in Manhattan, Illinois. After graduating from Lincoln-Way Central High School in New Lenox in 2004, she attended Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois for three years before transferring to Columbia College Chicago where she graduated in 2009 in Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management.[4] During college, Molloy was an editorial intern at Pitchfork Media.[5]

Career

Molloy briefly worked for Chicago musician Andrew Bird[6] before taking a job at a Chicago-based ad agency.[7] In 2013, she came out to management and her co-workers as transgender.[8]

Molloy launched parkthatcar.net in July 2012 as a way to document her ongoing transition.[9] As time went on, the blog focused less on Molloy's personal transition, and more on transgender politics and current events.

In 2014, Thought Catalog released Molloy's ebook entitled My Transgender Coming Out Story.[10]

On March 2, 2014, Molloy was interviewed by Chicagoist,[11] concerning Piers Morgan's interview with Janet Mock[12] and the death of Anne Vanderbilt,[13] allegedly resulting from an article posted on Grantland.[14]

Molloy has written for Rolling Stone, The Huffington Post, and Salon, and The Advocate.[15] [16] [17] She has been a panelist for the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association annual national convention[18] and her input as a transgender journalist has been sought after by the Washington Post,[19] The Week,[20] The Boston Globe,[21] and Autostraddle.[22]

Honors and awards

Molloy was included in the second annual Trans 100 list, recognizing the work of 100 transgender advocates in the United States, announced at the launch event, March 30, 2014 in Chicago.[23] [24] [25] On June 26, 2014, Molloy was named to Windy City Times annual "30 Under 30" list, honoring "the best in LGBTQIA activism, business, culture, non-profit work and more,"[26] and honored at a reception at Chicago's Center on Halsted.

Molloy was nominated for a 2014 National Women's Political Caucus Exceptional Merit in Media Award for an essay she wrote in October 2013, titled, "I am a Transgender Woman, and This is What It's Like."[27]

On November 5, 2014, Molloy was named as a finalist for the Los Angeles Press Club's National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards[28] for her work discussing drag culture's use of language seen by her and former contestants on RuPaul's Drag Race to be transphobic.[29]

Controversy

On March 18, 2014, Molloy wrote an article titled "RuPaul Stokes Anger with Use of Transphobic Slur" at The Advocate.[30] The article and others[31] discussing the use of the word tranny sparked a conversation about its use by RuPaul and others.[32] Molloy was criticized by prominent transgender activists Calpernia Addams,[33] [34] Justin Vivian Bond,[35] Andrea James,[36] Our Lady J,[37] as well as drag artists RuPaul[38] and Alaska, a former contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race, who made a parody video depicting Molloy being shot in the head.[39]

Molloy's position was supported by Logo TV, the network airing RuPaul's Drag Race, which apologized for the use of transphobic language[40] and by GLAAD.[41] Molloy was supported in an open letter, drafted by Zinnia Jones and signed by Sarah Brown, Fallon Fox, Christina Kahrl, and over 350 other transgender people, against what they perceived as personal attacks by Addams and James.[42] [43]

In August 2014 Molloy faced a backlash from members of the trans community after encouraging another transgender person to self-harm. Molloy apologized.[44] [45]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Trans activist: 'Windy City Times 30 Under 30 to be honored June 26' . Windy City Times . June 25, 2014 . 2014-07-24.
  2. Web site: Trans activist: '2014 Trans 100 Includes CeCe McDonald, Fallon Fox' . Windy City Times . April 1, 2014 . 2014-07-24.
  3. Web site: Molloy, Parker. Media Matters for America. How a myth about journalists telling miners to 'learn to code' helped people justify harassment. January 31, 2019. June 22, 2020. February 3, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190203133449/https://www.mediamatters.org/authors/parker-molloy/382.
  4. Web site: My Transgender Coming Out Story. 1 August 2014. Thought Catalog.
  5. Web site: Says the woman whose first journalism job was as an editorial intern at Pitchfork..
  6. Web site: On Being Too Old For Music Festivals. 21 July 2014. Thought Catalog.
  7. Web site: Stories written by Parker Marie Molloy.
  8. Web site: What It's Like To Come Out As Transgender At Work. 13 July 2013. Thought Catalog.
  9. Web site: Used to be one of the rotten ones and I liked you for that. 2014-08-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20141104114234/http://parkthatcar.net/2012/07/16/oneoftherottenones/. 2014-11-04. dead.
  10. Book: My Transgender Coming Out Story . Parker Marie Molloy . Thought Catalog . February 25, 2014. 9781629210605 .
  11. News: Graef. Jon. INTERVIEW: The Advocate's Parker Marie Molloy on Grantland, Piers Morgan, and More. November 8, 2014. March 2, 2014. Gothamist. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150312125430/http://chicagoist.com/2014/03/02/interview_parker_marie_malloy_on_ca.php. March 12, 2015.
  12. News: McDonough. Katie. Piers Morgan grills trans activist Janet Mock with invasive, sensationalist questions. November 8, 2014. February 5, 2014. Salon.
  13. News: Finnerty. Megan. Friend blames timing of Gilbert inventor's suicide on fear of impending article. November 8, 2014. January 27, 2014. Arizona Republic.
  14. News: Hannan. Caleb. Dr. V's Magical Putter. November 8, 2014. January 15, 2014.
  15. Rolling Stone . 3 Signs We Have a Long Way to Go on Trans Rights . 2015-01-13 . 2017-09-07 . 2017-09-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170914124936/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/3-signs-we-have-a-long-way-to-go-on-trans-rights-20150113 . dead .
  16. Web site: Transgender. The Huffington Post.
  17. Web site: The happy story of my transgender coming-out. Parker Marie. Molloy . Salon.com. 2013-08-23.
  18. http://nlgja.org/2014/transgender-journalists-and Transgender Journalists and Transgender Coverage in LGBT Media
  19. News: Trans activists scrutinize Pvt. Manning coverage. Dewey. Caitlin. November 8, 2014. August 22, 2013. The Washington Post.
  20. News: Born in the wrong body: The transgender struggle. November 8, 2014. September 29, 2013. The Week. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141108220813/http://theweek.com/article/index/250110. November 8, 2014.
  21. News: Transgender teen Leelah Alcorn: 'My death needs to mean something'. Johnson . Maura. January 5, 2015. December 31, 2014. The Boston Globe.
  22. News: Please Stop Saying That Trans Women Were "Born Boys". Brighe. Mari . November 8, 2014. September 29, 2014. Autostraddle.
  23. Web site: About. 19 July 2015.
  24. Web site: 2014 Trans 100 Includes CeCe McDonald, Fallon Fox. 31 March 2014 . The Advocate.
  25. http://thetrans100.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Trans_100_2014_Booklet_Update_9.pdf 2014 Trans 100 Booklet
  26. Web site: Windy City Times 30 Under 30 to be honored June 26 - Gay Lesbian Bi Trans News Archive . Windy City Times. June 25, 2014.
  27. News: 2014 Exceptional Merit in Media Awards (EMMAs) Nominees. January 5, 2015. National Women's Political Caucus. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150213020921/http://www.nwpc.org/2014emmanominees. February 13, 2015.
  28. Web site: Los Angeles Press Club 7th National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards – 2014 Finalists. 2014-11-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20141108212634/http://www.lapressclub.org/Resources/Documents/Finalists_NAEJ_2014.pdf. 2014-11-08. dead.
  29. News: Molloy. Parker. Is the T Word the New N Word?. November 8, 2014. April 17, 2014. The Advocate.
  30. Web site: RuPaul Stokes Anger With Use of Transphobic Slur. 18 March 2014. The Advocate.
  31. News: Molloy. Parker. Gay Dudes, Can You Just Not?. November 8, 2014. November 25, 2013. The Huffington Post.
  32. News: Ginelle. Leela. Parker Marie Molloy Elaborates on "Gay Dudes, Can You Just Not?". November 8, 2014. December 13, 2013. PQ Monthly. November 8, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141108213125/http://www.pqmonthly.com/parker-marie-molloy-elaborates-gay-dudes-can-just/17814. usurped.
  33. Web site: Calpernia Addams Responds To Trans Advocate.com Writer Who Misgendered Her. Calpernia. Addams. HuffPost. 2 April 2014. The Huffington Post.
  34. Web site: Op-ed: Burning Books, One Word at a Time. 17 April 2014. Advocate.
  35. Web site: About the Word "Tranny". Mx Justin Vivian. Bond. The Stranger.
  36. Web site: I F*cking Hate @RuPaul. Andrea. James. 4 April 2014. Boing Boing.
  37. Web site: RuPaul's Drag Race and the Danger of Overpolicing Language. Our Lady. J. HuffPost. 14 April 2014. The Huffington Post.
  38. Web site: Episode 498 - RuPaul Charles. 19 May 2014 . WTF Pod.
  39. News: Callahan. Kat. HuffPostGay Posts Offensive Video of Drag Queen Shooting Trans Writer. November 8, 2014. April 23, 2014.
  40. News: Molloy. Parker. RuPaul's Drag Race, Logo TV Apologize for Transphobic Slur. November 8, 2014. The Advocate. April 14, 2014.
  41. Web site: Update on "Female or She-male" sketch and 'RuPaul's Drag Race'. GLAAD. November 8, 2014. April 14, 2014.
  42. Web site: Open Letter: 350+ Trans Women and Transfeminine People Stand Against Calpernia Addams and Andrea James - Zinnia Jones. 14 April 2014. Free Thought Blogs.
  43. News: 100-Plus Trans Women Stand Against Calpernia Addams and Andrea James: An Open Letter. Jones. Zinnia. November 8, 2014. April 14, 2014. The Huffington Post.
  44. http://www.queerty.com/trans-violence-watchdogs-issue-advisory-warning-against-advocate-writer-and-trans-activist-parker-molloy-20140903 Trans Violence Watchdogs Issue Advisory Warning Against Advocate Writer And Trans Activist Parker Molloy
  45. http://www.queerty.com/park-that-attitude-the-danger-of-trans-activist-parker-molloy-20140827 Park That Attitude: The Danger of Trans Activist Parker Marie Molloy

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