Sonny Oram

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    Sonny Oram
    Date of birth August 27, 1988
    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]

    Sonny met their partner Rupi in 2014, who later became Qwear's Fashion Director and eventually co-owner.[5]

    In 2019, Sonny founded Qwear Media, an LGBTQ+ media talent database and agency with the goal of raising LGBTQ+ representation in advertising.

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    References

    1. Kadlec, Jeanna (2015). "Life + Business: Sonny Oram of Qwear". Design*Sponge. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.
    4. 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.
    5. "Team". Qwear. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved August 21, 2020.