Gia Parr

Gia Parr is an 18 year-old national LGBTQ+ advocate, model and actress. She was named as one of GLAAD’s 20 under 20. When Gia transitioned at the start of eighth grade in her small town in Connecticut, the family wrote a “coming out” letter to all the middle school students and their parents. The overwhelming support she received from her community inspired Gia to take her story public as one of the founding Champions of The GenderCool Project, a national storytelling campaign, and as a former youth ambassador for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the largest LGBTQ+ organization in the world. Gia and her story have been featured on ABC News, Today, The New York Times, People, USA Today and CBS This Morning. She recently published a book called A Kids Book About Being Transgender in partnership with the GenderCool Project. As an aspiring model and actress, Gia was featured as a global ambassador for Nike’s BeTrue campaign, appeared in Gap's Pride campaign and guest starred in the season 2 finale of Pose opposite Mj Rodriguez and Billy Porter. She will take a gap year to continue pursuing modeling and acting, before attending the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

One action Gia would like everyone to take:

“Please follow, share and, if able, donate to The GenderCool Project.”

Follow Gia on Instagram and watch her Nike’s BeTrue campaign.