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| date_birth=October 25, 1990 | |||
| place_birth=Boca Raton, Florida, USA | |||
| nationality=American | |||
| pronouns=[[Singular they]] or [[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> | |||
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| known_for=Being the first trans contestant on ''The Glee Project'' | |||
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'''Tyler Ford''' (born October 25, 1990) is a writer and public speaker who advocates for [[transgender]] and [[nonbinary]] people. Ford appeared as the first transgender contestant on ''The Glee Project'' in 2012. They live and work in New York City. | '''Tyler Ford''' (born October 25, 1990) is a writer and public speaker who advocates for [[transgender]] and [[nonbinary]] people. Ford appeared as the first transgender contestant on ''The Glee Project'' in 2012. They live and work in New York City. | ||
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. 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 their friend Ariana Grande joined Cyrus in that effort. | 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 their friend Ariana Grande joined Cyrus in that effort. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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*https://twitter.com/tywrent | |||
*https://www.instagram.com/tywrent/ | |||
*https://www.facebook.com/heytylerford | |||
[[Category:Nonbinary people]] | [[Category:Nonbinary people]] | ||
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