Trailblazer: Lighting the Path for Transgender Equality in Corporate America
Dr Mary Ann Horton has released a new memoir Trailblazer: Lighting the Path for Transgender Equality in Corporate America. It tells the story of her life as a trans woman and as a corporate activist. Horton was active in her community and the Lutheran church, working with ReconcilingWorks to include transgender people in their mission, and with several ELCA congregations to welcome transgender people. “When I led transgender-101 workshops, my personal story was people’s favorite part. They wanted more, and Trailblazer is the result.” she said.
She will speak about transgender people, read excerpts from her book, and sign copies of her book after the November 13 service at First Lutheran. Books will be available at the event for $16.99, or on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/
Dr Mary Ann Horton is a transgender activist, an author, an internet pioneer and a computer architect. She earned her PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley, spent 20 years with Bell Labs and retired from San Diego Gas & Electric, where she protected the power grid from hackers. In 1997 she persuaded Lucent Technologies to be the first Fortune 500 company to add transgender-inclusive language to their nondiscrimination policy, earning her the Trailblazer Outie Award, and inspiring her to write her memoir Trailblazer: Lighting the Path for Transgender Inclusion in Corporate America.