Introducing Advisory Committee Member: Jessica McGuinness

Jessica McGuinness is a transgender woman who worked as an EMT in the South Hills of Pittsburgh for 12 years. Her coming out letter to her coworkers was published in the book American Heroes Coming Out From Behind the Badge, edited by Greg Miraglia. She has done speaking engagements at a number of colleges, community centers and bookstores, has done outreach work for the transgender community and has been heavily involved in several advocacy issues. She was featured on the cover of the LGBT publication Pittsburgh's Out in April and has done several radio interviews including one on KDKA with Marty Griffin.

Jessica is currently employed by the Pitt Men's Study.

Welcome, Jessica, to the Initiative for Transgender Leadership's Advisory Committee!

Widening L e a d e r s h i p

This Summer, ITL is adding to our skills and perspective with an Advisory Committee.  Over the next 2 months, we will be welcoming our new members by way of short biographies here on the Blog.  Below is our 1st member:

Adil Mansoor is an artist, activist, and educator originally from Chicago, IL.    Since moving to Pittsburgh in 2010, he has worked with the MGR Foundation, Gateway to the Arts, and the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater as a teaching artist.  Currently, he is an artist educator with The Andy Warhol Museum developing and facilitating a new arts-based teen dialogue program, Dine and Discuss.  He also serves as the stage director and student mentor for Dreams of Hope, a queer teen performance group.  He is a founding artistic associate with Chicago based FYI (For Youth Inquiry), a performing health collective creating participatory theatre engaging young people in conversations about sexual health and sexual violence.  Adil hold a Bachelors of Science in Education and Social Policy and a Bachelor of Arts in Drama from Northwestern University. 

Welcome Adil.