Donna Personna
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Donna Personna (born 1946) is a transgender rights activist[1] and fine art artist, who focuses in photography, painting, and mixed media. Personna was friends with The Cockettes and she played a part in Elevator Girls in Bondage.[2] Personna co-wrote a play about the Compton Cafeteria riot, one of the first recorded LGBT-related riots in United States history, and marking the beginning of transgender activism in San Francisco.[3]
Personna was born in Texas[4] in 1946 then moved to San Jose, California, at the age of one and moved to San Francisco at age 19.[5]
Personna has served on the boards of the Trans March and Transgender Day of Remembrance.[6]
In 2018, she raised San Francisco's first Transgender flag at San Francisco City Hall with Mayor London Breed. In 2019, she was a Grand marshal of the San Francisco Pride Parade.[7]
