Barbara Satin
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Barbara Satin | |
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| Born | 1934 (age 91–92) St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Alma mater | College of St. Thomas |
Barbara Satin (born 1934) is an American transgender activist.[1] She has advocated for the needs of LGBT seniors, and for the inclusion of transgender people in communities of faith. Satin serves as a consultant for the National LGBTQ Task Force.[2][3]
Satin was born in 1934 in St. Paul, Minnesota.[1][4] She felt feminine from an early age, but kept it to herself as she didn't have the vocabulary to express these feelings.[1][4][5] Satin was raised in a devout Catholic family, and attended seminary for two years as a teenager, but dropped out due to her feelings about her gender.[1][4][5]
Satin finished her secondary education at a Catholic high school, then enrolled at the College of St. Thomas, graduating with a B.A. in sociology.[1] While in college, she learned about Christine Jorgensen, a trans woman widely known for having gender-affirming surgery, and realized that there were other people like herself.[1][4][2]
After college, Satin trained as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force.[1][5] She was medically discharged due to a kidney infection.[1][2]