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| nationality=American (Passamaquoddy Tribe)<ref name="Troutman">{{Cite web |title=Openly Trans Person Elected To Public Office For The First Time In Maine |last=Troutman |first=Caitlin |work=Maine Public |date=11 September 2020 |access-date=25 October 2020 |url= https://www.mainepublic.org/post/openly-trans-person-elected-public-office-first-time-maine}}</ref> | | nationality=American (Passamaquoddy Tribe)<ref name="Troutman">{{Cite web |title=Openly Trans Person Elected To Public Office For The First Time In Maine |last=Troutman |first=Caitlin |work=Maine Public |date=11 September 2020 |access-date=25 October 2020 |url= https://www.mainepublic.org/post/openly-trans-person-elected-public-office-first-time-maine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205141556/https://www.mainepublic.org/post/openly-trans-person-elected-public-office-first-time-maine |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
| pronouns=[[they/them]]<ref name="Troutman" /><ref name="Twitter">[https://twitter.com/passamahottie Twitter bio], retrieved 25 October 2020</ref> | | pronouns=[[they/them]]<ref name="Troutman" /><ref name="Twitter">[https://twitter.com/passamahottie Twitter bio], retrieved 25 October 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20210101003935/https://twitter.com/passamahottie Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> | ||
| gender=[[nonbinary]], [[Two-Spirit]]<ref name="Twitter" />, [[transfeminine]]<ref name="Brammer">{{Cite web |title="Betrayal": Queer Native Americans on the Fourth of July |last=Brammer |first=John Paul |work=them. |date=4 July 2018 |access-date=25 October 2020 |url= https://www.them.us/story/two-spirit-fourth-of-july}}</ref> | | gender=[[nonbinary]], [[Two-Spirit]]<ref name="Twitter" />, [[transfeminine]]<ref name="Brammer">{{Cite web |title="Betrayal": Queer Native Americans on the Fourth of July |last=Brammer |first=John Paul |work=them. |date=4 July 2018 |access-date=25 October 2020 |url= https://www.them.us/story/two-spirit-fourth-of-july|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603035526/https://www.them.us/story/two-spirit-fourth-of-july |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
| occupation=artist, educator, [[drag]] performer | | occupation=artist, educator, [[drag]] performer | ||
| known_for=First [[out]] trans person to hold public office in the state of Maine | | known_for=First [[out]] trans person to hold public office in the state of Maine | ||
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'''Geo Soctomah Neptune''' is an artist, basketmaker, activist, [[drag]] performer, and educator in Indian Township, Maine, USA. They made headlines in September 2020 for winning a seat on the township's school board (garnering about half of the votes in the three-candidate race), thus becoming the first [[out]] trans person to hold public office in the state of Maine. | '''Geo Soctomah Neptune''' is an artist, basketmaker, activist, [[drag]] performer, and educator in Indian Township, Maine, USA. They made headlines in September 2020 for winning a seat on the township's school board (garnering about half of the votes in the three-candidate race), thus becoming the first [[out]] trans person to hold public office in the state of Maine. | ||
Neptune is also active with the Native American/First Nations movement [https://idlenomore.ca/ Idle No More].<ref name="Neumann">{{Cite web |title=First transgender person elected to local office in Maine |last=Neumann |first=Dan |work=Beacon |date=11 September 2020 |access-date=25 October 2020 |url= https://mainebeacon.com/first-transgender-person-elected-to-local-office-in-maine/}}</ref> | Neptune is also active with the Native American/First Nations movement [https://idlenomore.ca/ Idle No More].<ref name="Neumann">{{Cite web |title=First transgender person elected to local office in Maine |last=Neumann |first=Dan |work=Beacon |date=11 September 2020 |access-date=25 October 2020 |url= https://mainebeacon.com/first-transgender-person-elected-to-local-office-in-maine/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222022124/https://mainebeacon.com/first-transgender-person-elected-to-local-office-in-maine/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
They previously identified as a [[gay men|gay man]], but later in life "it got more complicated", they said in a 2018 interview.<ref name="Brammer" /> | They previously identified as a [[gay men|gay man]], but later in life "it got more complicated", they said in a 2018 interview.<ref name="Brammer" /> |