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| date_birth= | | date_birth= August 27, 1988 | ||
| place_birth= Boston | | place_birth= Boston | ||
| nationality= American | | nationality= American | ||
| pronouns= He and they | | pronouns= He and they | ||
| gender=[[nonbinary]]<ref name="Kadlec">{{Cite web |title=Life + Business: Sonny Oram of Qwear |last=Kadlec |first=Jeanna |work=Design*Sponge |date=2015 |access-date=29 July 2020 |url= https://www.designsponge.com/2015/11/life-business-sonny-oram-of-qwear.html}}</ref> | | gender=[[nonbinary]]<ref name="Kadlec">{{Cite web |title=Life + Business: Sonny Oram of Qwear |last=Kadlec |first=Jeanna |work=Design*Sponge |date=2015 |access-date=29 July 2020 |url= https://www.designsponge.com/2015/11/life-business-sonny-oram-of-qwear.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622203919/http://www.designsponge.com/2015/11/life-business-sonny-oram-of-qwear.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
| occupation=web designer | | occupation=web designer | ||
| known_for=Qwear | | known_for=Qwear | ||
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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/}}</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}}</ref> Sonny came out again as trans and nonbinary around 2013 and had top surgery in | 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 met their partner Rupi in 2014, who later became Qwear's Fashion Director and eventually co-owner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qwearfashion.com/team|title=Team|website=Qwear | Sonny met their partner Rupi in 2014, who later became Qwear's Fashion Director and eventually co-owner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qwearfashion.com/team|title=Team|website=Qwear|language=en-US|access-date=August 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607125614/https://www.qwearfashion.com/team|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | ||
In 2019, Sonny founded [http://https://qwearmedia.com Qwear Media], an LGBTQ+ media talent database and agency with the goal of raising LGBTQ+ representation in advertising. | In 2019, Sonny founded [https://web.archive.org/web/20130711041720/http://https/://qwearmedia.com Qwear Media], an LGBTQ+ media talent database and agency with the goal of raising LGBTQ+ representation in advertising. | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
*[https://www.sonnyoram.com/ Website] | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20200514030225/https://www.sonnyoram.com/ Website] | ||
*[https://twitter.com/sonnyoram Twitter] | *[https://twitter.com/sonnyoram Twitter] | ||
*[https://www.instagram.com/sonnyoram/ Instagram] | *[https://www.instagram.com/sonnyoram/ Instagram] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:38, 12 March 2024
| 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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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Team". Qwear. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved August 21, 2020.