Parker Marie Molloy

Parker Marie Molloy
Born April 24, 1986
Chicago, Illinois, US
Nationality American
Other names Parker Molloy
Alma mater Columbia College Chicago
Occupation Writer
Known for Transgender activism[1][2][3]
Website parkthatcar.net

Parker Marie Molloy (born April 24, 1986 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American writer, blogger, and transgender rights activist. Molloy, until the fall of 2014, was an editorial and news contributor to Advocate.com, particularly on transgender issues. She has also written op-eds in a number of other publications.

Early life and education

Molloy grew up in Manhattan, Illinois. After graduating from Lincoln-Way Central High School in New Lenox in 2004, she attended Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois for three years before transferring to Columbia College Chicago.[4] During college, Molloy was an editorial intern at Pitchfork Media.[5]

Career

After graduating with a degree in Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management in 2009, Molloy briefly worked for Chicago musician Andrew Bird[6] before taking a job at a Chicago-based ad agency.[7] In 2013, she came out to management and her co-workers as transgender.[8]

Molloy launched parkthatcar.net in July 2012 as a way to document her ongoing transition.[9] As time went on, the blog focused less on Molloy's personal transition, and more on transgender politics and current events. The site's title comes from the Broken Social Scene song "Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl."[10]

On February 25, 2014, Thought Catalog released Molloy's "My Transgender Coming Out Story," a 47-page ebook.[11]

On August 21, 2014, Molloy was a panelist for the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association annual national convention, discussing transgender journalists and transgender journalism in LGBT media.[12]

Molloy's input as a transgender journalist has been sought after by the Washington Post,[13] The Week,[14] The Boston Globe,[15] and Autostraddle.[16]

Honors and awards

Molloy was included in the second annual Trans 100 list, recognizing the work of 100 transgender advocates in the United States, announced at the launch event, March 30, 2014 in Chicago.[17][18][19] On June 26, 2014, Molloy was named to Windy City Times' annual "30 Under 30" list, honoring "the best in LGBTQIA activism, business, culture, non-profit work and more,"[20] and honored at a reception at Chicago's Center on Halsted.

Molloy was nominated for a 2014 National Women's Political Caucus Exceptional Merit in Media Award for an essay she wrote in October 2013, titled, "I am a Transgender Woman, and This is What It's Like."[21]

On November 5, 2014, Molloy was named as a finalist for the Los Angeles Press Club's National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards[22] for her work discussing drag culture's use of language seen by her and former contestants on RuPaul's Drag Race to be transphobic.[23]

Controversy

On March 2, 2014, Molloy was interview by Chicagoist[24] concerning Piers Morgan's interview with Janet Mock[25] and the death of Anne Vanderbilt,[26] allegedly resulting from an article posted on Grantland.[27]

On March 18, 2014, Molloy wrote an article titled "RuPaul Stokes Anger With Use of Transphobic Slur" at The Advocate.[28] The article and others[29] discussing the use of the alleged slur sparked a conversation about its use by RuPaul and others.[30] Molloy was criticized by prominent transgender activists Calpernia Addams,[31][32] Justin Vivian Bond,[33] Andrea James,[34] Our Lady J,[35] and RuPaul,[36] as well as drag artist Alaska, a former contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race, who made a parody video depicting Molloy being shot in the head.[37]

Molloy's position was supported by Logo TV, the network airing RuPaul's Drag Race, which apologized for the use of transphobic language[38] and by GLAAD.[39] Molloy was supported in an open letter, drafted by Zinnia Jones and signed by Sarah Brown, Fallon Fox, Christina Kahrl, and over 350 other transgender people, against what they perceived as personal attacks by Addams and James.[40][41]

Parker Molloy was briefly suspended from The Advocate, after her heated exchange with a fellow trans activist was published, where Molloy told her to "drink bleach",[42] which resulted in Trans Violence Tracking Portal, an online watchdog that seeks to protect the trans community, placing a "violence advisory" against her.[43] Molloy returned to the magazine in October 2014[44] but definitely parted ways with The Advocate in December 2014.[45]

References

  1. ↑ 'Chicagoan Writes Nationally From the T Perspective'
  2. ↑ "Trans activist: ‘Windy City Times 30 Under 30 to be honored June 26’". Windy City Times. June 25, 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  3. ↑ "Trans activist: ‘2014 Trans 100 Includes CeCe McDonald, Fallon Fox’". Windy City Times. April 1, 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  4. ↑ My Transgender Coming Out Story
  5. ↑ Says the woman whose first journalism job was as an editorial intern at Pitchfork.
  6. ↑ On Being Too Old For Music Festivals
  7. ↑ Parker Molloy
  8. ↑ What It's Like to Come Out as Transgender at Work
  9. ↑ Used to be one of the rotten ones and I liked you for that
  10. ↑ "One more shot of the new tattoo."
  11. ↑ My Transgender Coming Out Story – Parker Marie Molloy
  12. ↑ Transgender Journalists and Transgender Coverage in LGBT Media, August 21, 2014
  13. ↑ Dewey, Caitlin (August 22, 2013). "Trans activists scrutinize Pvt. Manning coverage". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Born in the wrong body: The transgender struggle". The Week. September 29, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  15. ↑ Johnson, Maura (December 31, 2014). "Transgender teen Leelah Alcorn: ‘My death needs to mean something’". The Boston Globe. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  16. ↑ Brighe, Mari (September 29, 2014). "Please Stop Saying That Trans Women Were "Born Boys"". Autostraddle. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  17. ↑ About the Trans 100
  18. ↑ 2014 Trans 100 Includes CeCe McDonald, Fallon Fox
  19. ↑ 2014 Trans 100 Booklet
  20. ↑ Windy City Times 30 Under 30 to be honored June 26
  21. ↑ "2014 Exceptional Merit in Media Awards (EMMAs) Nominees". National Women's Political Caucus. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  22. ↑ Los Angeles Press Club 7th National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards – 2014 Finalists
  23. ↑ Molloy, Parker (April 17, 2014). "Is the T Word the New N Word?". The Advocate. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  24. ↑ Graef, Jon (March 2, 2014). "INTERVIEW: The Advocate's Parker Marie Molloy on Grantland, Piers Morgan, and More". Gothamist. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  25. ↑ McDonough, Katie (February 5, 2014). "Piers Morgan grills trans activist Janet Mock with invasive, sensationalist questions". Salon. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  26. ↑ Finnerty, Megan (January 27, 2014). "Friend blames timing of Gilbert inventor's suicide on fear of impending article". Arizona Republic. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  27. ↑ Hannan, Caleb (January 15, 2014). "Dr. V's Magical Putter". Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  28. ↑ RuPaul Stokes Anger With Use of Transphobic Slur
  29. ↑ Molloy, Parker (November 25, 2013). "Gay Dudes, Can You Just Not?". The Huffington Post. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  30. ↑ Ginelle, Leela (December 13, 2013). "Parker Marie Molloy Elaborates on "Gay Dudes, Can You Just Not?"". PQ Monthly. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  31. ↑ Parker Marie Molloy's Transphobic and Homophobic Slurs Don't Matter, but Our Response Does
  32. ↑ Op-ed: Burning Books, One Word at a Time
  33. ↑ About the Word "Tranny"
  34. ↑ “I F*cking Hate @RuPaul”
  35. ↑ RuPaul's Drag Race and the Danger of Overpolicing Language
  36. ↑ Episode 498 – RuPaul Charles
  37. ↑ Callahan, Kat (April 23, 2014). "HuffPostGay Posts Offensive Video of Drag Queen Shooting Trans Writer". Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  38. ↑ Molloy, Parker (April 14, 2014). "RuPaul's Drag Race, Logo TV Apologize for Transphobic Slur". Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  39. ↑ "Update on "Female or She-male" sketch and 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". GLAAD. April 14, 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  40. ↑ Open Letter: 350+ Trans Women and Transfeminine People Stand Against Calpernia Addams and Andrea James
  41. ↑ Jones, Zinnia (April 14, 2014). "100-Plus Trans Women Stand Against Calpernia Addams and Andrea James: An Open Letter". Huffington Post. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  42. ↑ Kelsie Brynn Jones (27 August 2014). "Park That Attitude: The Danger Of Trans Activist Parker Molloy". Queerty.
  43. ↑ "Transgender Violence Advisory - Parker Marie Molloy". Transgender Violence Advisory.
  44. ↑ "Parker Molloy Returns To The Advocate Covering Violence Against LGBTs Following Her Violent Outburst Against A Fellow Trans Activist". Queerty. 7 October 2014.
  45. ↑ "Parker Molloy Resigns From Advocate, Lashes Out At Former Colleagues". Queerty. 31 October 2014.

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