Jennifer Louise Lopez
| Jennifer Louise Lopez She/Her/Hers/Ella | |
|---|---|
 Jennifer Louise Lopez.jpg | |
| Pronunciation | JE-ni-fur loo-EASE LOH-PEZ |
| Born | June of 1978 Louisiana |
| 💼 Occupation | * LGBTQIA+ Rights Activist & Advocate * Helps the homeless and low-income communities * Foster Mother |
| 📆 Years active | 2011-Current |
| Known for | Award winning Advocacy and Activism in the LGBTQIA+ communities |
Jennifer Louise Lopez (born in 1978) in Louisiana. She is an activist for the transgender and LGBTQIA+ communities.
Life in the Closet and Coming Out
Lopez was invited by NASA in April of 2011 as part of a TweetUp to watch and report on the space shuttle STS-134 launch. This launch was the last for Endeavour.[1][2]
Months before Lopez came to New York City (homeless) as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement, Lopez owned and ran a computer company in West Haven, Connecticut. She was on the front cover of the New Haven Register as the first person and co-organizer to start Occupy New Haven.[3] This was also her first day of homelessness.[4][5]
She was quoted in several publications and media outlets as saying she is a Transgender, Transsexual, Bisexual, Lesbian, Curvy, Cross-eyed, Latina Woman here to change the modern-day views of society.[2][4]
Advocacy for the Transgender and LGBT Communities
In January of 2013, Lopez was recorded by transgender advocate Brook Elizabeth Cerda giving a speech promising to help transgender people that are homeless and transgender people that need help with substance abuse. She states that she does not want to see another homeless transgender person again.[6]
In April of 2013, Lopez met with the United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, to talk about transgender issues as a global crisis.[2]
Activism to help the Transgender and LGBT Communities
In March of 2014, Lopez finally got tired of walking past the ATLAH Church’s hateful and anti-LGBT messages on its letter board sign reading:
- Obama has released the homo demons on the black man. Look out black woman. A white homo may take your man[10][8]
Lopez knocked on the door to the church and challenged them to stone her because she is lesbian. She took a video of the request to be stoned and she was told to come back the next day for her stoning.[11][8]
Due to the altercation with the church and then signs, Lopez and other New York City organizations such as ACT UP, New Alternatives, Ali Forney Center planned a rally for March 29, 2014.[9] The rally was attended by hundreds of people.
Lopez’s request to be stoned landed her in a college textbook outside of the United States titled Humor in Political Activism by Majken Jul Sorensen. The textbook introduction begins with Lopez’s activism involving the ATLAH church.[12]
On January 30, 2016 Lopez was attacked on the D train in New York City. The attack occurred due to her being a transgender woman. She was punched and beaten by another woman. She was left with broke glasses and needed to have emergency eye surgery.[13][14][15]
Documentaries and Media
A short five-minute documentary about Lopez titled Transgender Women of Color in New York City was made by Averi Harper and published to Video on Vimeo in 2014.
Lopez and her activism were captured in the Netflix Documovie The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson by David France (writer). Lopez’s activism was not only in a few scenes in the movie, she worked as a transcriber for the Documovie as well.
Lopez talks out in support of homeless transgender youth in a short commercial for the Ali Forney Center[16]
Awards
In 2014 the transgender Experience which was a Heritage of Pride organization presented Lopez with the Outstanding Volunteer Award for her “outstanding support and leadership."[2]
In 2014 the New York City LBGT Anti-Violence Project and HBO awarded Lopez with the Community Hero Award for her involvement in making sure the community knew about the Islan Nettles case and rallied in support of justice.[2]
References
- ↑ Smelser, Judith (April 29, 2011). "NASA Scrubs Shuttle Launch". NPR News. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Jennifer's BIO | NYC Transgender People Working Together". web.archive.org. 2015-04-22. Archived from the original on 2015-04-22. Retrieved 2023-03-18.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- ↑ Staff, Abbe Smith, Register (2011-10-14). "Protest, counter-protest, counter-counter-protest slated for today on New Haven Green". New Haven Register. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Evolution Meets Revolution: Transgender Advocate Jennifer Lopez Leads the Fight — Community — Housing Works — Housing Works". web.archive.org. 2013-03-08. Archived from the original on 2013-03-08. Retrieved 2023-03-18.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- ↑ Transgender Women of Color in New York City, retrieved 2023-03-18
- ↑ "MY FRIEND @JLopez255 JENNIFER LOPEZ at TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE - YouTube". web.archive.org. 2013-04-01. Archived from the original on 2013-04-01. Retrieved 2023-03-18.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- ↑ Nichols, James Michael (March 20, 2014). "Watch What Happens When A Lesbian Asks This Anti-Gay Church To Stone Her". The Huffington Post. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Watch What Happens When A Lesbian Asks This Anti-Gay Church To Stone Her". HuffPost. 2014-03-20. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Jennifer Louise Lopez Requests Stoning at ATLAH Church, retrieved 2023-03-18
- ↑ Coscarelli, Joe (February 27, 2014). "'Obama Has Released the Homo Demons,' Church Sign Warns". New York Magazine. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Jennifer Louise Lopez Asks Anti-Gay Harlem Church To Stone Her". HuffPost. 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
- ↑ Sørensen, Majken Jul (2016). Humour in political activism: creative nonviolent resistance. London. ISBN 978-1-137-57346-9. OCLC 957597850. Search this book on
- ↑ "Police Investigate Attack on Transgender Woman on Subway as Hate Crime". www.ny1.com. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- ↑ Buell, Spencer (2016-02-10). "Transgender woman speaks out on D train attack – Metro US". www.metro.us. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- ↑ Schindler, Paul (2016-02-13). "Harlem Rallies in Support of Trans Woman Assaulted on D Train – Gay City News". gaycitynews.com. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- ↑ LGBT Rally for Homeless Youth: Jennifer Louise Lopez, retrieved 2023-03-18
This article "Jennifer Louise Lopez" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Jennifer Louise Lopez. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
