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| pronouns=[[they]]/[[hir]]<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/tywrent/ Instagram bio] and [https://twitter.com/tywrent Twitter bio], accessed 28 April 2020</ref> | | 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/ | | 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=Writer, activist, model | | 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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'''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.<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 | 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 hir 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 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 | 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> | ||
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