Press

Janet Mock has been interviewed and profiled by many media outlets, including Marie Claire, MSNBC, NPR and the London Times magazine. Below, a selection of press coverage about the writer.

• Marie Claire, June 2011 (pdf): Janet’s “coming out” profile by Kierna Mayo detailing her journey to womanhood

Janet Mock is making history as an advocate for transgender individuals. By putting her story in the national spotlight, Janet, previously known as just another young, black professional woman, has challenged the stigma surrounding gender identity.
—The Grio

• London Times Magazine, Oct. 2011 (pdf): Profile of Janet and her boyfriend Aaron Tredwell, written by Hermione Hoby, captures their relationship and how they thwart society’s expectations

• LOOK UK Magazine, Dec. 2011 (pdf): Profile of Janet focused on her life as a writer in New York

When more women like her come out, the teeth of transphobia will fall out.
—Helen Boyd

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• MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts, Feb. 2012: Janet sits down for her first TV interview with the openly gay anchor. She has a follow-up interview in March.

• The GOOD 100, May 2013: GOOD magazine names Janet among “100 individuals we should rally behind in 2013″

• NPR, June 2011 (mp3): Tell Me More’s Michel Martin interviews Janet about her “coming out” story

• The Telegraph, Nov. 2012: Janet is profiled for the Wonder Women’s section

• Sylvia Rivera Law Project, Oct. 2012: Stephen Ira profiles Janet as an SRLP 10 Honoree

Janet’s giving voice to a marginalized part of the LGBT community unlike any other.”
—Thomas Roberts, MSNBC Anchor

• Colorlines, Oct. 2012: Janet discusses (re)framing how trans women of color in media

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• The Melissa Harris-Pery Show on MSNBC, March 2013: Janet speaks out on trans-inclusive advocacy and redefining equality. Segment two can be found here.

• The Grio 100, Feb. 2011: MSNBC’s African-American site honors Janet as an emerging leader and advocate

• The Huffington Post, March 2013: Janet is named among 23 Women Blazing Trails for the LGBT Community with Ellen DeGeneres, Rosie O’Donnell, Staceyann Chin and more

• ADCOLOR Awards, Oct. 2012: Janet appears in the Color Adds Depth ad campaign

• The Center for American Progress, March 2013: Janet is named one of the Top 13 Women of Color to Watch in 2013 with Shonda Rhimes, Geeta Rao Gupta, Joy-Ann Reid and more

• The Huffington Post, Oct. 2012: Janet is named an “LGBT History Month Icon of the Day”

• QWOC Media, May 2012: “Janet Mock Launches #GirlsLikeUs Campaign to Empower Trans Women of Color”

• In The Life Media, July 2012: Janet has a conversation about representations of trans women in media with America’s Next Top Model Isis King

• Sirius OutQ Radio, Dec. 2011 (mp3): Interview with Michelangelo Signorile about finding and falling in love. She returns with an interview with The Six Pack in February.

Talking and writing about my experiences have helped me finally accept the past and celebrate the fact that I was once a big dreamer who happened to be born a boy.
—Marie Claire

• EDGE Boston, Oct. 2012: Pre-coverage of Janet’s keynote at HBGC Youth Conference

• Huffington Post, Dec. 2011: Janet’s xojane essay “I Told My Boyfriend I Was Born a Boy”

• The Sundance Channel, June 2012: Janet is named No. 3 on Top 10 Who’s Who in Gay America

• Loop21, March 2013: Janet reflects on the first year of the #GirlsLikeUs Campaign

• GBM News, April 2012: Janet is named No. 4 on the 15 Most Powerful LGBT Celebrities

• Afrobella, June 2011: Interview with Patrice Yursik about Janet’s hair and beauty routine

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• The Melissa Harris-Pery Show on MSNBC, April 2013: Janet becomes the first openly trans person to discuss something other than being trans on national TV with a Scandal watch party.

• I Like You Podcast: Interview with Janet and Aaron about their relationship

• It Gets Better Project: Janet’s viral video testimony, the most-watched video from a transgender person for the project

It’s emotional to read even for someone who has not walked that journey … because you describe it in a way as something that you had to do, not something you wanted to do.
—Michel Martin, NPR

• Loop21, June 2012: Janet offers commentary on the violence trans women of color face

• Clutch Magazine, May 2011: “‘I Was Born a Boy’: What’s Religion Got to Do with It?” writer Bene Viera’s essay about the public’s reaction to Janet’s “coming out”

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• ElixHer, March 2012: Janet is interviewed by Glennisha Morgan on the red carpet at the GLAAD Media Awards in New York

• VIBE Vixen, May 2011: An article about Janet, which declares the newly-out trans writer “The New Woman”

• My Private Cabash, July 2011: Essay by Bint Alshamsa titled “Janet Mock Is a Woman Because She Knows She’s a Woman”

She is also so beautiful – glowing skin, almond eyes, a mass of corkscrew curls – that she seems a little unearthly.
—London Times

• Wild Gender, May 2012: Janet is interviewed about the dehumanizing New York Times article on Lorena Escalera

• dot429, Nov. 2011: Janet sits down with Rich Adler of the LGBT social netowrk dot429