Dana Beyer
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Cornell University (B.A., 1974)
Executive director of Gender Rights Maryland
Dana Beyer | |
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.jpg) Beyer in 2014 | |
| Born | February 9, 1952 |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (M.D., 1978) Cornell University (B.A., 1974) |
| Occupation | Transgender rights activist in Maryland Executive director of Gender Rights Maryland |
Dana Beyer (born February 9, 1952) is an American transgender rights advocate and the executive director of Gender Rights Maryland, a civil rights and advocacy organization serving Maryland's transgender community.[1] She is a transgender woman.[2]
Beyer was born on February 9, 1952, in New York, New York. Beyer graduated from Cornell University in 1974 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and from University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1978 as a Doctor of Medicine.[3] In 2008, Beyer completed Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government as a David Bohnett Foundation LGBTQ Victory Institute Leadership Fellow.
She is executive director of Gender Rights Maryland.[4] She used to be on the board of directors of Equality Maryland.[5] In 2014, she sat on the board of directors for LGBT employment equality advocacy group Freedom to Work.[6] She is on the board of the national Jewish LGBTQ organization Keshet.[7]
She blogs about transgender topics at HuffPost.[8]
She is a politician from Maryland who ran in the Democratic primary for state Senate District 18. She received 41.8% of the vote (4,890 votes) and lost the 2014 primary election to Senator Richard Madaleno, who was the incumbent.[9][10]
She is Jewish, has two sons and lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.[11]
