Jen Richards

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Summary

Jen Richards is a transgender writer and actress whose work includes the web series Her Story, which she co-created and starred in, and television roles in Nashville, Tales of the City, Mrs. Fletcher, and Clarice. Her work and public commentary repeatedly focus on transgender representation, stereotypes, and trans people telling their own stories. She created We Happy Trans, co-founded and directed the Trans 100, and co-wrote a GLAAD and ScreenCrush open letter calling for better representation of trans actors. In interviews, she has described representation by trans creators and actors as important and discussed challenging harmful portrayals of trans people.