Riki Wilchins

Riki Anne Wilchins (born 1952) is a feminist activist whose work has focused on issues of gender as it impacts many Americans. Their work on combating discrimination and violence caused by gender stereotypes has provoked criticism by some in the transgender community, but has been widely accepted by others. They have often focused on youth, who she says "see with fresher eyes". In 2001, Wilchins was named by TIME Magazine one of "100 Civic Innovators for the 21st Century." Since the mid-1990s, Wilchins has been highly active in founding a number of organizations and events focused on gender issues.

Wilchins coined the term genderqueer in the mid-1990s.

Published books

 * Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion & the End of Gender, 1997
 * GenderQueer: Voices from Beyond the Sexual Binary (Joan Nestle, Clair Howell Co-Editors), 2002
 * Queer Theory/Gender Theory: an Instant Primer, 2004
 * TRANS/gressive: How Transgender Activists Took on Gay Rights, Feminism, the Media & Congress… and Won!, 2017