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==Early life==
==Early life==
Addams grew up in [[Nashville, Tennessee]].<ref name=addams>{{cite book|first=Calpernia|last=Addams|title=Mark 947: A Life Shaped by God, Gender, and Force of Will|publisher=Writers Club Press|year=2002}}</ref> She served as a [[Hospital Corpsman]] with the [[United States Armed Forces#Navy|Navy]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-transgender-military-20170730-story.html |title=California Journal: A sailor in transition is rocked by President Trump's anti-transgender tweets |author=Abcarian, Robin |date=29 July 2017 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=4 September 2017 |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612125133/https://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-transgender-military-20170730-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=NYT-000528>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/28/magazine/an-inconvenient-woman.html |title=An Inconvenient Woman |author=France, David |date=28 May 2000 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=4 September 2017 |archive-date=February 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204011024/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/28/magazine/an-inconvenient-woman.html |url-status=live }}</ref> During her last year in the military, she [[coming out|came out]] as a [[trans woman|transgender woman]].<ref name = Podcast>{{cite podcast
Addams grew up in [[Nashville, Tennessee]].<ref name=addams>{{cite book|first=Calpernia|last=Addams|title=Mark 947: A Life Shaped by God, Gender, and Force of Will|publisher=Writers Club Press|year=2002}}</ref> She served as a [[Hospital Corpsman]] with the [[United States Armed Forces#Navy|Navy]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-transgender-military-20170730-story.html |title=California Journal: A sailor in transition is rocked by President Trump's anti-transgender tweets |author=Abcarian, Robin |date=July 29, 2017 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=September 4, 2017 |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612125133/https://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-transgender-military-20170730-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=NYT-000528>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/28/magazine/an-inconvenient-woman.html |title=An Inconvenient Woman |author=France, David |date=May 28, 2000 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=September 4, 2017 |archive-date=February 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204011024/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/28/magazine/an-inconvenient-woman.html |url-status=live }}</ref> During her last year in the military, she [[coming out|came out]] as a [[trans woman|transgender woman]].<ref name = Podcast>{{cite podcast
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| publisher = Deep Stealth Productions
| publisher = Deep Stealth Productions
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}}</ref> Deep Stealth creates educational and entertainment material around gender-identification issues and the experiences of differently-gendered people. Addams and James coached [[Felicity Huffman]] for her [[Academy Award]]-nominated performance as a transgender woman in the film ''[[Transamerica (film)|Transamerica]]''.<ref>{{cite news
}}</ref> Deep Stealth creates educational and entertainment material around gender-identification issues and the experiences of differently-gendered people. Addams and James coached [[Felicity Huffman]] for her [[Academy Award]]-nominated performance as a transgender woman in the film ''[[Transamerica (film)|Transamerica]]''.<ref>{{cite news
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At the [[Sundance Film Festival|Sundance]] debut of ''[[Soldier's Girl]]'', Addams met [[Jane Fonda]], whose son [[Troy Garity]] had played Winchell. Fonda suggested Addams mount an all-transgender production of ''[[The Vagina Monologues]]''.<ref name = Podcast /> The production was to contribute funds and help raise awareness of [[violence against women]]; it became the subject of the 2006 documentary film ''[[Beautiful Daughters]]''.<ref>{{cite web
At the [[Sundance Film Festival|Sundance]] debut of ''[[Soldier's Girl]]'', Addams met [[Jane Fonda]], whose son [[Troy Garity]] had played Winchell. Fonda suggested Addams mount an all-transgender production of ''[[The Vagina Monologues]]''.<ref name = Podcast /> The production was to contribute funds and help raise awareness of [[violence against women]]; it became the subject of the 2006 documentary film ''[[Beautiful Daughters]]''.<ref>{{cite web
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A reality television series entitled ''[[Transamerican Love Story]]'', featuring Addams choosing among eight suitors, debuted February 11, 2008 on [[Logo (TV channel)|Logo TV]].
A reality television series entitled ''[[Transamerican Love Story]]'', featuring Addams choosing among eight suitors, debuted February 11, 2008, on [[Logo (TV channel)|Logo TV]].


In April 2008, Addams performed alongside Fonda, [[Glenn Close]], [[Salma Hayek]], [[Alicia Keys]], and others in a tenth-anniversary production of ''The Vagina Monologues'' at the [[Louisiana Superdome]].<ref name = Podcast /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://v10.vday.org/ |title=The V-Day Event Of The Decade &#124; V to the Tenth |publisher=V10.vday.org |access-date=December 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215224416/http://v10.vday.org/ |archive-date=February 15, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
In April 2008, Addams performed alongside Fonda, [[Glenn Close]], [[Salma Hayek]], [[Alicia Keys]], and others in a tenth-anniversary production of ''The Vagina Monologues'' at the [[Louisiana Superdome]].<ref name = Podcast /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://v10.vday.org/ |title=The V-Day Event Of The Decade &#124; V to the Tenth |publisher=V10.vday.org |access-date=December 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215224416/http://v10.vday.org/ |archive-date=February 15, 2015 }}</ref>


In May 2008, [[Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays|PFLAG]] (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) chose Addams as PFLAG's spokesperson for their educational campaign, ''This Is Our Love Story''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=892 |title=PFLAG: Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays |publisher=Community.pflag.org |date=May 19, 2008 |access-date=December 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408223422/http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=892 |archive-date=April 8, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Addams said, "I hope ''This Is Our Love Story'' will help young transgender people as they come out. By seeing the happy, confident woman I've become, I hope I can act as a role model for these young people at a critical moment in their development."<ref>{{cite news
In May 2008, [[Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays|PFLAG]] (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) chose Addams as PFLAG's spokesperson for their educational campaign, ''This Is Our Love Story''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=892 |title=PFLAG: Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays |publisher=Community.pflag.org |date=May 19, 2008 |access-date=December 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408223422/http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=892 |archive-date=April 8, 2014 }}</ref> Addams said, "I hope ''This Is Our Love Story'' will help young transgender people as they come out. By seeing the happy, confident woman I've become, I hope I can act as a role model for these young people at a critical moment in their development."<ref>{{cite news
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Addams has released a single entitled "Stunning", available on [[iTunes]]. Addams co-produced the song "The Vagina Song" by [[Willam Belli]], from his debut album ''[[The Wreckoning (Willam Belli album)|The Wreckoning]]'', and made a cameo in the song's music video.<ref>{{cite web|last=Belli|first=Willam|title=The Vagina Song|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE18CGmtXqM|work=YouTube|access-date=April 13, 2013|date=October 25, 2010|archive-date=February 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222014553/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE18CGmtXqM|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Vagina Song|url=http://worldofwonder.net/2010/10/27/The_Vagina_Song/|work=[[World of Wonder (production company)|World of Wonder]]|access-date=April 13, 2013|author=James St. James|author-link=James St. James|date=October 27, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206224733/http://worldofwonder.net/2010/10/27/The_Vagina_Song/|archive-date=February 6, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
Addams has released a single entitled "Stunning", available on [[iTunes]]. Addams co-produced the song "The Vagina Song" by [[Willam Belli]], from his debut album ''[[The Wreckoning (Willam Belli album)|The Wreckoning]]'', and made a cameo in the song's music video.<ref>{{cite web|last=Belli|first=Willam|title=The Vagina Song|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE18CGmtXqM|work=YouTube|access-date=April 13, 2013|date=October 25, 2010|archive-date=February 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222014553/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE18CGmtXqM|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Vagina Song|url=http://worldofwonder.net/2010/10/27/The_Vagina_Song/|work=[[World of Wonder (production company)|World of Wonder]]|access-date=April 13, 2013|author=James St. James|author-link=James St. James|date=October 27, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206224733/http://worldofwonder.net/2010/10/27/The_Vagina_Song/|archive-date=February 6, 2013}}</ref>


In 2015, Addams appeared in the international premiere of "Trans Scripts"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transscripts.org/|title=Trans Scripts|website=Trans Scripts|access-date=December 1, 2016|archive-date=December 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202101420/http://www.transscripts.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> a new play by Paul Lucas at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. The production received 24 four- and five-star reviews, a Fringe First Award,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://joycemcmillan.wordpress.com/2015/08/28/scotsman-fringe-first-winners-2015/|title=Scotsman Fringe First Winners 2015|date=August 27, 2015|access-date=December 1, 2016|archive-date=December 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202041707/https://joycemcmillan.wordpress.com/2015/08/28/scotsman-fringe-first-winners-2015/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/29/theater/edinburgh-festival-fringe-offers-stories-that-are-more-personal-less-political.html|title=Edinburgh Festival Fringe Offers Stories That Are More Personal, Less Political|first=Steven|last=McElroy|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 28, 2015|access-date=February 6, 2017|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107032749/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/29/theater/edinburgh-festival-fringe-offers-stories-that-are-more-personal-less-political.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/features/2015-edinburgh-fringe-festival-124|title=2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival Awards|website=www.britishtheatreguide.info|access-date=December 1, 2016|archive-date=December 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202040030/http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/features/2015-edinburgh-fringe-festival-124|url-status=live}}</ref> a High Commendation from Amnesty International <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org.uk/edinburgh-festival-amnesty-international-freedom-expression-award-2015|title=Edinburgh Festival: Freedom of Expression Award 2015|website=www.amnesty.org.uk|access-date=December 1, 2016|archive-date=January 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116144943/https://www.amnesty.org.uk/edinburgh-festival-amnesty-international-freedom-expression-award-2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and was shortlisted for the Feminist Fest Award, the Best of Edinburgh Award, and the Holden Street Theater Award.
In 2015, Addams appeared in the international premiere of "Trans Scripts"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transscripts.org/|title=Trans Scripts|website=Trans Scripts|access-date=December 1, 2016|archive-date=December 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202101420/http://www.transscripts.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> a new play by Paul Lucas at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. The production received 24 four- and five-star reviews, a Fringe First Award,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://joycemcmillan.wordpress.com/2015/08/28/scotsman-fringe-first-winners-2015/|title=Scotsman Fringe First Winners 2015|date=August 27, 2015|access-date=December 1, 2016|archive-date=December 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202041707/https://joycemcmillan.wordpress.com/2015/08/28/scotsman-fringe-first-winners-2015/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/29/theater/edinburgh-festival-fringe-offers-stories-that-are-more-personal-less-political.html|title=Edinburgh Festival Fringe Offers Stories That Are More Personal, Less Political|first=Steven|last=McElroy|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 28, 2015|access-date=February 6, 2017|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107032749/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/29/theater/edinburgh-festival-fringe-offers-stories-that-are-more-personal-less-political.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/features/2015-edinburgh-fringe-festival-124|title=2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival Awards|website=www.britishtheatreguide.info|access-date=December 1, 2016|archive-date=December 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202040030/http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/features/2015-edinburgh-fringe-festival-124|url-status=live}}</ref> a High Commendation from Amnesty International <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org.uk/edinburgh-festival-amnesty-international-freedom-expression-award-2015|title=Edinburgh Festival: Freedom of Expression Award 2015|website=www.amnesty.org.uk|access-date=December 1, 2016|archive-date=January 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116144943/https://www.amnesty.org.uk/edinburgh-festival-amnesty-international-freedom-expression-award-2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and was shortlisted for the Feminist Fest Award, the Best of Edinburgh Award, and the Holden Street Theater Award.
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Calpernia Addams
Calpernia Addams, at 2009 Outfest Legacy Awards
Born (1971-02-20) February 20, 1971 (age 53)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • musician
  • activist
  • spokesperson
Years active2002–present
Websitewww.calpernia.com

Calpernia Sarah Addams (born February 20, 1971) is an American actress, musician, spokesperson and activist for transgender rights and issues.[1]

Early life

Addams grew up in Nashville, Tennessee.[2] She served as a Hospital Corpsman with the Navy.[3][4] During her last year in the military, she came out as a transgender woman.[5] Addams chose the name "Calpernia" from the William Shakespeare play Julius Caesar (a variant spelling of Caesar's wife Calpurnia) and its appearance on a tombstone in the film The Addams Family.[5]

Career

Addams and Andrea James at the Out and Equal Workplace Summit

In 2002, she formed Deep Stealth Productions in Hollywood with Andrea James.[6] Deep Stealth creates educational and entertainment material around gender-identification issues and the experiences of differently-gendered people. Addams and James coached Felicity Huffman for her Academy Award-nominated performance as a transgender woman in the film Transamerica.[7]

At the Sundance debut of Soldier's Girl, Addams met Jane Fonda, whose son Troy Garity had played Winchell. Fonda suggested Addams mount an all-transgender production of The Vagina Monologues.[5] The production was to contribute funds and help raise awareness of violence against women; it became the subject of the 2006 documentary film Beautiful Daughters.[8]

A reality television series entitled Transamerican Love Story, featuring Addams choosing among eight suitors, debuted February 11, 2008, on Logo TV.

In April 2008, Addams performed alongside Fonda, Glenn Close, Salma Hayek, Alicia Keys, and others in a tenth-anniversary production of The Vagina Monologues at the Louisiana Superdome.[5][9]

In May 2008, PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) chose Addams as PFLAG's spokesperson for their educational campaign, This Is Our Love Story.[10] Addams said, "I hope This Is Our Love Story will help young transgender people as they come out. By seeing the happy, confident woman I've become, I hope I can act as a role model for these young people at a critical moment in their development."[11] Addams writes a blog on gender issues for Psychology Today.[12]

Addams has released a single entitled "Stunning", available on iTunes. Addams co-produced the song "The Vagina Song" by Willam Belli, from his debut album The Wreckoning, and made a cameo in the song's music video.[13][14]

In 2015, Addams appeared in the international premiere of "Trans Scripts"[15] a new play by Paul Lucas at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. The production received 24 four- and five-star reviews, a Fringe First Award,[16][17][18] a High Commendation from Amnesty International [19] and was shortlisted for the Feminist Fest Award, the Best of Edinburgh Award, and the Holden Street Theater Award.

Personal life

In 1999, while working as a performer, Addams began dating PFC Barry Winchell. Word of the relationship spread at Winchell's Army base where he was harassed by fellow soldiers and ultimately murdered.[20] Winchell's murder and the subsequent trial resulted in widespread press[4] and a formal review of the U.S. "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) military policy, ordered by President Bill Clinton.[21][22][23] The case became a prominent example used to illustrate the failure of DADT to protect LGBT service members.[4] Addams' and Winchell's romance and the crimes of their abusers are depicted in the film Soldier's Girl, released in 2003. Addams was portrayed by Lee Pace. A subsequent The New York Times article, "An Inconvenient Woman", documented the marginalization and misrepresentation of transgender sexuality even by gay rights activists.[4][24]

Works

  • Calpernia Addams, Mark 947: A Life Shaped by God, Gender, and Force of Will (Writers Club Press, 2002). ISBN 0-595-26376-3

See also

References

  1. ^ France, David (May 29, 2005). "An Inconvenient Woman". The New York Times Sunday Magazine. calpernia.com. Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2007.
  2. ^ Addams, Calpernia (2002). Mark 947: A Life Shaped by God, Gender, and Force of Will. Writers Club Press.
  3. ^ Abcarian, Robin (July 29, 2017). "California Journal: A sailor in transition is rocked by President Trump's anti-transgender tweets". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on June 12, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d France, David (May 28, 2000). "An Inconvenient Woman". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 4, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d Jonny McGovern, Linda James, Martin Beauchamp (March 11, 2008). "Gay Pimpin' with Jonny McGovern" (Podcast). Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2008.{{cite podcast}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Deep Stealth Productions celebrates 5-year anniversary" (Press release). Deep Stealth Productions. October 3, 2007. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved August 13, 2008.
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Further reading

  • Jonathan Ames (ed.), Sexual Metamorphosis: An Anthology of Transsexual Memoirs (Vintage, 2005). ISBN 1-4000-3014-5
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