Aria Sa'id Explained

Aria Sa'id
Birth Date:[1]
Birth Place:Portland, Oregon,[2] U.S.
Nationality:American
Occupation:Transgender advocate
Political strategist
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Aria Sa'id (born 1989/1990) is an American transgender advocate and political strategist based in San Francisco.[3] [4] [5] She is a co-founder (along with Janetta Johnson and Honey Mahogany) and former executive director of The Transgender District,[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] and founder and director of the Kween Culture Initiative.[11] [12] [13] Sa'id has also worked at the Trans:Thrive resource center, as program manager for St. James Infirmary, and as policy advisor for the San Francisco Human Rights Commission.[14] In 2018, she was awarded the 10 Years of Service Award by San Francisco Pride.

In April 2023, Sa'id announced that she would be stepping down as head of The Transgender District.[15] In August 2023, Breonna McCree and Carlo Gomez Arteaga took over as co-executive directors of the district.[16]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Levin . Sam . Compton's Cafeteria riot: a historic act of trans resistance, three years before Stonewall . June 21, 2019 . . June 21, 2019.
  2. News: Lovemonster . Kelly . A Force For Change . June 30, 2019 . The Fight Magazine . May 6, 2019.
  3. News: Wilson . Emily . San Francisco Creates World's First Ever Transgender Cultural District . . June 21, 2019 . December 18, 2018.
  4. News: Kane . Peter Lawrence . Green-Light District . June 21, 2019 . . June 21, 2017.
  5. Lewis . Rachel Charlene . Aria Sa'id Is Fighting for Trans Women of Color in San Francisco . November 25, 2019 . . November 25, 2019.
  6. News: Tence . Victor . New cultural district director hopes to create employment opportunities for transgender residents . June 21, 2019 . . February 5, 2019.
  7. News: Sawyer . Nuala . The First Transgender District in the Nation Gets a New Director . June 21, 2019 . . February 6, 2019.
  8. News: Tovar . Virgie . First Ever Transgender Cultural District Co-Founded By #XLBossLady Aria Sa'id . June 21, 2019 . . February 26, 2019.
  9. News: Raquel Willis . Raquel Willis . Black Trans Women Created the World's First Trans Cultural District . June 21, 2019 . . February 18, 2019.
  10. News: Rodriguez . Joe Fitzgerald . SF posts new street signs and trans Pride flags across Compton's Transgender Cultural District . June 26, 2019 . . June 26, 2019.
  11. Web site: Kween Culture Initiative . Kween Culture Initiative . June 21, 2019.
  12. News: Kane . Peter Lawrence . Aria Sa'id a force for change among trans women of color . June 21, 2019 . . June 20, 2018.
  13. News: Kane . Peter Lawrence . SF Pride 2018: Aria Sa'id, Winner of the '10 Years of Service' Award . June 21, 2019 . . June 20, 2018.
  14. Web site: Madison . Alex . The nation's first trans cultural district is starting to turn ideas into reality . LGBTQ Nation . October 7, 2018 . June 22, 2019.
  15. News: Cassell . Heather . SF trans district chief stepping down . April 26, 2023 . . April 26, 2023.
  16. News: Ferrannini . John . New trans district EDs excited to build community power . August 30, 2023 . . August 30, 2023.

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