Commissioner

• Sep 2022 - Present

Co-Investigator

• Jul 2022 - Present

Co-Investigator

• Jul 2022 - Present

Director

• Dec 2019 - Present

In the 1970s, a Black transgender women named Crystal La’Beija started the very first “House” in the HBC, which was deemed the legendary “House of LaBeija.” This historic moment launched and solidified the contemporary House and Ballroom Community. Not only was this community founded by a Black transgender women, but it was built as a response to discrimination and trans-misogynoir that Black transgender women and gender non-conforming individuals experience far too often. Thus, it is only appropriate for the Keeping Ballroom Community Alive Network to further the often invisibilized Black radical tradition of transgender leadership by launching the Crystal La’Beija Organizing Fellowship (CLOF). This initiative will identify 5-10 transgender and gender non-conforming leaders in the HBC that will further the work of the Keeping Ballroom Community Alive Network. Each member of CLOF will receive a stipend to address the issues that most impact the lives of transgender women, transgender men and gender non-conforming people in the HBC. Show less

Legislative Aide/LGBTQ Liaison

• Jan 2018 - Sep 2022

Peer Navigator/Data Entry

• May 2016 - Jul 2017

Advocate | Public Health | Policy Professional

• Jan 2015 - May 2017

Recruitment Specialist

• Jul 2016 - Nov 2016