Ryka Aoki
From QueerBio.com
Country
United States
Birth - Death
Occupation
Activist, Academic
Description
Professor of English at Santa Monica College and of Queer Studies at Antioch University. Transgender activist. Named 2013 Outstanding Volunteer by the LA Gay Lesbian Center’s Child, Youth, and Family Services. Member of the “Trans 100” list (2013) as one of 100 groundbreaking trans advocates from around the country, and named as one of “11 Trans Artists of Color You Should Know in 2013” by the Huffington Post. Author of the book 'Light From Uncommon Stars' (2021). Charter member of the Transgender Advisory Committee for Asian Pacific Islanders for Human Rights (APHIR).
