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| place_birth=Hong Kong<ref name="culturs">{{Cite web |title=Nik Kacy’s Intersectionality Transforms the Fashion World |author= |work=CULTURS |date= | |||
| access-date=5 June 2020 |url= https://cultursmag.com/nik-kacys-intersectionality-transforms-the-fashion-world/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330233511/https://www.cultursmag.com/nik-kacys-intersectionality-transforms-the-fashion-world/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | |||
| nationality=American<ref name="culturs" /> | |||
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| gender=[[genderfluid]]/"third sex"/"[[masculine of center]]"<ref name="Coblentz" /> | |||
| occupation=fashion designer, activist | |||
| known_for=NiK Kacy shoe brand | |||
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'''Nik Kacy''' is a fashion designer, the founder of Equality Fashion Week, a board member of the Los Angeles LGBT Chamber of Commerce, and part of the Trans Inclusion Task Force for the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce.<ref name="Hornik">{{Cite web |title=Unity: Equality Fashion Week celebrates inclusive brands and LGBTQ designers |last=Hornik |first=Susan |work=Los Angeles Times |date=16 October 2019 |access-date=5 June 2020 |url= https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2019-10-16/unity-equality-fashion-week-show-brings-together-fashion-and-celebrates-lgbtq-designers-and-brands|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131012639/https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2019-10-16/unity-equality-fashion-week-show-brings-together-fashion-and-celebrates-lgbtq-designers-and-brands |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Lowe">{{Cite web |title=Nik Kacy Brings a Fresh Approach to Shoe Wear |last=Lowe |first=Jasmine D. |work=The Queer 26 |date=31 March 2020 |access-date=5 June 2020 |url= https://theq26.com/articles-1/2020/3/31/nik-kacy-brings-a-fresh-approach-to-shoe-wear|archive-url=False |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> They are the creator of the NiK Kacy "gender-equal" luxury shoe brand.<ref name="Coblentz">{{Cite web |title=NiK Kacy: The First Gender-Equal Luxury Footwear Line |last=Coblentz |first=Natalie Yvette |work=dapperQ |date=23 February 2015 |access-date=5 June 2020 |url= https://www.dapperq.com/2015/02/nik-kacy-first-gender-equal-luxury-footwear-line/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603044014/https://www.dapperq.com/2015/02/nik-kacy-first-gender-equal-luxury-footwear-line/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | |||
Kacy previously identified as a lesbian, then a trans man, before coming to terms with being nonbinary.<ref name="Kacy2016">{{Cite web |title=A Different Shade of Gay: Designer NiK Kacy Talks Gender Fluidity for Community Voices |last=Kacy |first=Nik |work=dapperQ |date=30 November 2016 |access-date=5 June 2020 |url= https://www.dapperq.com/2016/11/different-shade-gay-designer-nik-kacy-talks-gender-fluidity-community-voices/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130060758/https://www.dapperq.com/2016/11/different-shade-gay-designer-nik-kacy-talks-gender-fluidity-community-voices/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="culturs" /> | |||
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"I embrace my own inner gender-equality and also complete [[gender-neutral]]ity. Gender has become less and less significant to me as I have come into my body and mind. I no longer long to be referred to as “sir” nor do I feel disdain when referred to as “miss.” I realize now that I identify as all-of-the-above and yet, none-of-the-above. I have transcended above labels and I have embraced all that is within me. This is what transgender feels like to me… transcending gender."<ref name="Kacy2016" /> | "I embrace my own inner gender-equality and also complete [[gender-neutral]]ity. Gender has become less and less significant to me as I have come into my body and mind. I no longer long to be referred to as “sir” nor do I feel disdain when referred to as “miss.” I realize now that I identify as all-of-the-above and yet, none-of-the-above. I have transcended above labels and I have embraced all that is within me. This is what transgender feels like to me… transcending gender."<ref name="Kacy2016" /> | ||
Latest revision as of 14:44, 24 August 2023
| Place of birth | Hong Kong[1] |
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| Nationality | American[1] |
| Pronouns | they/them |
| Gender identity | genderfluid/"third sex"/"masculine of center"[2] |
| Occupation | fashion designer, activist |
| Known for | NiK Kacy shoe brand |
Nik Kacy is a fashion designer, the founder of Equality Fashion Week, a board member of the Los Angeles LGBT Chamber of Commerce, and part of the Trans Inclusion Task Force for the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce.[3][4] They are the creator of the NiK Kacy "gender-equal" luxury shoe brand.[2]
Kacy previously identified as a lesbian, then a trans man, before coming to terms with being nonbinary.[5][1]
Quotes[edit | edit source]
"I embrace my own inner gender-equality and also complete gender-neutrality. Gender has become less and less significant to me as I have come into my body and mind. I no longer long to be referred to as “sir” nor do I feel disdain when referred to as “miss.” I realize now that I identify as all-of-the-above and yet, none-of-the-above. I have transcended above labels and I have embraced all that is within me. This is what transgender feels like to me… transcending gender."[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Nik Kacy's Intersectionality Transforms the Fashion World". CULTURS. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Coblentz, Natalie Yvette (23 February 2015). "NiK Kacy: The First Gender-Equal Luxury Footwear Line". dapperQ. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ↑ Hornik, Susan (16 October 2019). "Unity: Equality Fashion Week celebrates inclusive brands and LGBTQ designers". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ↑ Lowe, Jasmine D. (31 March 2020). [False "Nik Kacy Brings a Fresh Approach to Shoe Wear"] Check
|archive-url=value (help). The Queer 26. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2020. - ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kacy, Nik (30 November 2016). "A Different Shade of Gay: Designer NiK Kacy Talks Gender Fluidity for Community Voices". dapperQ. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
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