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| place_birth=Boca Raton, Florida, USA | | place_birth=Boca Raton, Florida, USA | ||
| nationality=American | | nationality=American | ||
| pronouns=[[ | | pronouns=[[they]]/[[hir]]<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/tywrent/ Instagram bio] and [https://twitter.com/tywrent Twitter bio], accessed 28 April 2020</ref> | ||
| gender=[[Agender]]<ref name="Childress">{{Cite web |title=“I Like to Exist as a Person”: What It Means to Live Beyond Gender |last=Childress |first=Sarah |work=FRONTLINE |date=30 June 2015 |access-date=28 April 2020 |url= https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/i-like-to-exist-as-a-person-what-it-means-to-live-beyond-gender/}}</ref> | | gender=[[Agender]]<ref name="Childress">{{Cite web |title=“I Like to Exist as a Person”: What It Means to Live Beyond Gender |last=Childress |first=Sarah |work=FRONTLINE |date=30 June 2015 |access-date=28 April 2020 |url= https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/i-like-to-exist-as-a-person-what-it-means-to-live-beyond-gender/}}</ref> | ||
| occupation= | | occupation=Writer, activist, model | ||
| known_for=Being the first trans contestant on ''The Glee Project'' | | known_for=Being the first trans contestant on ''The Glee Project'' | ||
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Raised by a single mother in Boca Raton, Florida, Ford [[transition]]ed to male in college, but later came to identify as [[agender]], and came out as such in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=My life without gender: 'Strangers are desperate to know what genitalia I have' |first=Tyler|last=Ford |work=the Guardian |date=7 August 2015 |access-date=2 April 2020 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/07/my-life-without-gender-strangers-are-desperate-to-know-what-genitalia-i-have}}</ref> Ford is of mixed black and white Jewish ethnicity. Their writing and speaking frequently addresses their challenges living as a transgender person of color. | Raised by a single mother in Boca Raton, Florida, Ford [[transition]]ed to male in college, but later came to identify as [[agender]], and came out as such in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=My life without gender: 'Strangers are desperate to know what genitalia I have' |first=Tyler|last=Ford |work=the Guardian |date=7 August 2015 |access-date=2 April 2020 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/07/my-life-without-gender-strangers-are-desperate-to-know-what-genitalia-i-have}}</ref> Ford is of mixed black and white Jewish ethnicity. Their writing and speaking frequently addresses their challenges living as a transgender person of color. | ||
Ford gained national attention when [[Miley Cyrus]] brought them as her date to The Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR) gala in 2015. Cyrus sought to raise awareness of people with nonbinary gender identities as part of her [[LGBTQ]] advocacy work with the Happy Hippie Foundation; Ford and | Ford gained national attention when [[Miley Cyrus]] brought them as her date to The Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR) gala in 2015. Cyrus sought to raise awareness of people with nonbinary gender identities as part of her [[LGBTQ]] advocacy work with the Happy Hippie Foundation; Ford and hir friend Ariana Grande joined Cyrus in that effort. | ||
Ford also identifies hirself as [[queer]] and [[asexual]].<ref name="Yates">{{Cite web |title=Tyler Ford |last=Yates |first=Kieran |work=Dazed |date= |access-date=28 April 2020 |url= https://www.dazeddigital.com/projects/article/29255/1/tyler-ford}}</ref><ref name="inte_Tyle">{{Cite web |title=Tyler Ford |work=Interview Magazine |date=March 24, 2016 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |url= https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/tyler-ford }}</ref> | |||
==Quotes== | |||
"My gender identity cannot be separated from my blackness, my queerness, or my asexuality, because they all inform one another, all shape the way I experience the world, and all shape the way the world experiences me. My body and my rights are always on the line, regardless of what I’m fighting for."<ref name="Yates" /> | |||
"I am my own greatest accomplishment. Loving myself and trying to live my best life is a struggle, but my fight to thrive in the face of my struggles is what I'm most proud of."<ref name="inte_Tyle" /> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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*https://www.facebook.com/heytylerford | *https://www.facebook.com/heytylerford | ||
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[[Category:Nonbinary people]] | [[Category:Nonbinary people]] | ||
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