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'''Sonny Oram''' is a web designer and queer fashion activist. They are best known as the founder of [https://qwearfashion.com Qwear], a news and community website focused on [[LGBTQ]]+ fashion. In 2015, the fashion website DapperQ named them "dapperQ of the Year".<ref name="Vita">{{Cite web |title=Announcing dapperQ of the Year: Sonny Oram |last=Vita |first=Anita Dolce |work=dapperQ |date=5 January 2015 |access-date=29 July 2020 |url= https://www.dapperq.com/2015/01/announcing-dapperq-year-sonny-oram/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327000445/http://www.dapperq.com/2015/01/announcing-dapperq-year-sonny-oram/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | '''Sonny Oram''' is a web designer and queer fashion activist. They are best known as the founder of [https://qwearfashion.com Qwear], a news and community website focused on [[LGBTQ]]+ fashion. In 2015, the fashion website DapperQ named them "dapperQ of the Year".<ref name="Vita">{{Cite web |title=Announcing dapperQ of the Year: Sonny Oram |last=Vita |first=Anita Dolce |work=dapperQ |date=5 January 2015 |access-date=29 July 2020 |url= https://www.dapperq.com/2015/01/announcing-dapperq-year-sonny-oram/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327000445/http://www.dapperq.com/2015/01/announcing-dapperq-year-sonny-oram/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
Sonny came out as gay at 16, and came out as [[genderfluid]] a bit later. They were bullied harshly for their gender, and recloseted themself as only gay once in college. After graduating college, Sonny started a tumblr blog titled "[[Dyke]] Duds", which would eventually become Qwear.<ref name="Oram-Why">{{Cite web |title=Why I Founded Qwear: The clothes that made me |last=Oram |first=Sonny |work=Qwear |date=26 November 2018 |access-date=29 July 2020 |url= https://www.qwearfashion.com/home/why-i-founded-qwear-the-clothes-that-made-me|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619111359/https://www.qwearfashion.com/home/why-i-founded-qwear-the-clothes-that-made-me |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Sonny came out again as trans and nonbinary around 2013 and had top surgery in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qwearfashion.com/home/im-getting-top-surgery-tomorrow-see-you-soon|title=I'm Getting Top Surgery Tomorrow — See You Soon!|website=Qwear|language=en-US|access-date=August 21, 2020|date=December 2, 2014|author=Oram, Sonny|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620030931/http://www.qwearfashion.com:80/home/im-getting-top-surgery-tomorrow-see-you-soon|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | Sonny came out as gay at 16, and came out as [[genderfluid]] a bit later. They were bullied harshly for their gender, and recloseted themself as only gay once in college. After graduating college, Sonny started a tumblr blog titled "[[Dyke]] Duds", which would eventually become Qwear.<ref name="Oram-Why">{{Cite web |title=Why I Founded Qwear: The clothes that made me |last=Oram |first=Sonny |work=Qwear |date=26 November 2018 |access-date=29 July 2020 |url= https://www.qwearfashion.com/home/why-i-founded-qwear-the-clothes-that-made-me|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619111359/https://www.qwearfashion.com/home/why-i-founded-qwear-the-clothes-that-made-me |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Sonny came out again as trans and nonbinary around 2013 and had top surgery in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qwearfashion.com/home/im-getting-top-surgery-tomorrow-see-you-soon|title=I'm Getting Top Surgery Tomorrow — See You Soon!|website=Qwear|language=en-US|access-date=August 21, 2020|date=December 2, 2014|author=Oram, Sonny|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620030931/http://www.qwearfashion.com:80/home/im-getting-top-surgery-tomorrow-see-you-soon|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | ||
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| Date of birth | August 27, 1988 |
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| Place of birth | Boston |
| Nationality | American |
| Pronouns | He and they |
| Gender identity | nonbinary[1] |
| Occupation | web designer |
| Known for | Qwear |
Sonny Oram is a web designer and queer fashion activist. They are best known as the founder of Qwear, a news and community website focused on LGBTQ+ fashion. In 2015, the fashion website DapperQ named them "dapperQ of the Year".[2]
Sonny came out as gay at 16, and came out as genderfluid a bit later. They were bullied harshly for their gender, and recloseted themself as only gay once in college. After graduating college, Sonny started a tumblr blog titled "Dyke Duds", which would eventually become Qwear.[3] Sonny came out again as trans and nonbinary around 2013 and had top surgery in 2014.[4]
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- ↑ Kadlec, Jeanna (2015). "Life + Business: Sonny Oram of Qwear". Design*Sponge. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ↑ Vita, Anita Dolce (5 January 2015). "Announcing dapperQ of the Year: Sonny Oram". dapperQ. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ↑ Oram, Sonny (26 November 2018). "Why I Founded Qwear: The clothes that made me". Qwear. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ↑ Oram, Sonny (December 2, 2014). "I'm Getting Top Surgery Tomorrow — See You Soon!". Qwear. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved August 21, 2020.