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On this panel Devin-Norelle and Skyler Jay will highlight the invisibility of the Transmasculine community, but also the ways in which they have carved their own path in their respective industries to amplify Transgender voices.
Devin-Norelle is a professional model, advocate, media figure, and opinion writer, with published work in GQ, Teen Vogue, Allure, them, and Out Magazine, among others. Ze has walked in New York Fashion Week shows for Chromat and dapperQ, and was featured in the 2019 Stonewall 50 Pride Campaign for New York City Pride and the clothing company, Bonobos. In 2019, ze was nominated for The Queerties Underground Style Trendsetter, and was later awarded the Callen Lorde Transcendence Award for ze's advocacy in uplifting the trans community. Ze has recently joined NYC Pride's Community Council, helping to guide Heritage of Pride reduce police presence for future Pride marches.
Most famously seen on the second season of Netflix’s Queer Eye, Skyler is a activist with a passion for Transgender healthcare legislation and running his own non-profit that seeks to provide healthcare funding and resources to Transgender youth.
Event sponsors: Yale College Council, Yale Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration, Yale College Arts, Ethnicity, Race, & Migration, Pierson College, Yale Schwarzman Center, IAC, Yale School of Drama, The Cultural Centers, The Bromley Lecturship Fund, the Poynter Fellowship, Wallace-Sexton LGBT Resource & Studies Fund, and the Office of LGBTQ Resources.