Precious Brady-Davis
American author and activist (born 1985)
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Precious Brady-Davis (born 1985)[1] is an American politician. She is commissioner at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD), a Chief Strategy Officer at the Center on Halsted, a transgender author,[2] and a climate change[3] and LGBT rights activist.[3][1] She wrote the best-selling book I Have Always Been Me.[3]
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Columbia College Chicago (BA)
Precious Brady-Davis | |
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Brady-Davis in 2025 | |
| Member of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Board of Commissioners | |
| Assumed office July 12, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Kimberly du Buclet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1985 (age 40–41) Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Nebraska, Lincoln (attended) Columbia College Chicago (BA) |
Biography
Brady-Davis was born in Omaha, Nebraska,[1] and was in foster care as a toddler.[3][1] At age five, she moved in with her grandfather and his wife.[3][1] In high school, she started to explore her identity.[3][1]
Brady-Davis attended the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.[1] While living in Lincoln, Nebraska, she began performing drag using the name "Precious Jewel".[1] She later transferred to Columbia College Chicago.[1] While in Chicago, she came out as gay.[3][1] Living in Boystown, she made a name for herself as a performance artist.[3] She launched a US$1.6 million dollar CDC HIV Prevention program at Chicago's Center on Halsted, an LGBT community center.[4][3][1] There, she was also a mentor of LGBT teens.[3]
Brady-Davis has served as northeast communications director for the Sierra Club.[5]
She and her husband Myles Brady-Davis had a baby girl in 2019.[3] They became the first transgender couple to have their gender identities listed correctly on an Illinois birth certificate.[3][6] They live in Hyde Park.[3] She currently works as a Chief Strategy Officer at the Center on Halsted and is on the Board of Commissioners at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. She is also a nationally known speaker and activist.[7][3][1]
In July 2023, she became the first black trans woman to be appointed to a commissioner position at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.[8]
Publications
Brady-Davis' memoir I Have Always Been Me was a best-selling biography on Amazon.[3]
Filmography
Brady-Davis was a consulting producer for The Lady and the Dale.[2] She was also featured on TLC's My Pregnant Husband. Additionally, she appeared on Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta on Season 9, Episode 5 "Are You Ready to Play Bridal Blitz?".[citation needed]
