Aria Sa'id

Aria Sa'id (born 1989/1990) is an African-American transgender advocate and political strategist based in San Francisco.[4][5] She is a co-founder (along with Janetta Johnson and Honey Mahogany) and the executive director of the Compton's Transgender Cultural District,[1][3][6][7][8][9][10] and founder and director of the Kween Culture Initiative.[8][9][11][12][13] Sa'id 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]

Aria Sa'id
Born1989/1990 (age 29–30)[1]
Portland, Oregon[2]
NationalityAmerican
OccupationTransgender advocate
Political strategist
Home townPortland, Oregon[2][3]
Websiteariasaid.com

References
  1. Levin, Sam (June 21, 2019). "Compton's Cafeteria riot: a historic act of trans resistance, three years before Stonewall". The Guardian. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  2. Lovemonster, Kelly (May 6, 2019). "A Force For Change". The Fight Magazine. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  3. Wilson, Emily (December 18, 2018). "San Francisco Creates World's First Ever Transgender Cultural District". The Daily Beast. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  4. Kane, Peter Lawrence (June 21, 2017). "Green-Light District". SF Weekly. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  5. Lewis, Rachel Charlene (November 25, 2019). "Aria Sa'id Is Fighting for Trans Women of Color in San Francisco". Bitch media. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  6. Tence, Victor (February 5, 2019). "New cultural district director hopes to create employment opportunities for transgender residents". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  7. Sawyer, Nuala (February 6, 2019). "The First Transgender District in the Nation Gets a New Director". SF Weekly. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  8. Tovar, Virgie (February 26, 2019). "First Ever Transgender Cultural District Co-Founded By #XLBossLady Aria Sa'id". Forbes. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  9. Raquel Willis (February 18, 2019). "Black Trans Women Created the World's First Trans Cultural District". Out. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  10. Rodriguez, Joe Fitzgerald (June 26, 2019). "SF posts new street signs and trans Pride flags across Compton's Transgender Cultural District". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  11. "Kween Culture Initiative". Kween Culture Initiative. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  12. Kane, Peter Lawrence (June 20, 2018). "Aria Sa'id a force for change among trans women of color". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  13. Kane, Peter Lawrence (June 20, 2018). "SF Pride 2018: Aria Sa'id, Winner of the '10 Years of Service' Award". SF Weekly. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  14. Madison, Alex (October 7, 2018). "The nation's first trans cultural district is starting to turn ideas into reality". LGBTQ Nation. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
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