Mimi Lemay

trans rights activist and author

Mimi is a trans rights activist and author. Her viral essay, “A Letter to my Son Jacob on his 5th Birthday” follows her son’s transition from assigned female to affirmed male at the age of four. Lemay is an international advocate for transgender youth, and has appeared on shows ranging from \_NBC Nightly News\_ to the \_Today Show\_. Recently, Lemay and her family were on the front lines in the fight for Massachusetts legislation protecting transgender and non-binary people from discrimination in public spaces. Mimi is writing a memoir for Houghton Mifflin on her Ultra-Orthodox Jewish upbringing and her recent experiences parenting Jacob. She holds a MALD from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University and a BA in Iran & US Foreign Policy from Boston University.