Aria Sa'id
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Political strategist
Aria Sa'id | |
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.jpg) Sa'id in 2017 | |
| Born | 1989 or 1990 (age 35–36)[1] Portland, Oregon,[2] U.S. |
| Occupations | Transgender advocate Political strategist |
| Website | ariasaid |
Aria Sa'id (born 1989/1990) is an American transgender advocate and political strategist based in Houston.[2][3][4][5]
Sa'id is a co-founder (along with Janetta Johnson and Honey Mahogany) and former executive director of The Transgender District in San Francisco,[1][3][6][7][8][9][10] and founder and director of the Kween Culture Initiative.[8][9][11][12][13] She has also worked at the Trans:Thrive resource center, as program manager for St. James Infirmary, and as policy advisor for the San Francisco Human Rights Commission.[2][9][14] In 2018, she was awarded the 10 Years of Service Award by San Francisco Pride.[13]
In April 2023, Sa'id announced that she would be stepping down as head of The Transgender District.[15] In August 2023, Breonna McCree and Carlo Gomez Arteaga took over as co-executive directors of the district.[16]
After leaving her post at The Transgender District, Sa'id moved to Houston, where she leads the consulting firm Aria Sa'id & Associates.[17][18]
