What is Janet Mock?
[[File:Janet Mock Head Shot.png|thumb|Janet Mock]] '''Janet Mock''' (born 1984 in [[Honolulu]], Hawaii) is an [[Americans|American]] [[writer]] and [[Activism|activist]] for [[transgender]] [[rights]]. ==Career== In 2012 she started #GirlsLikeUs. It is a [[Twitter]] campaign for transgender women. In 2012's [[Black History Month]], ''[[The Grio]]'' put her in their list of most influential people in the [[African-American]] community.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shadowproof.com/2012/02/19/janet-mock-honored-as-one-of-the-grios-100-most-influential-in-african-american-community/|title=Janet Mock Honored As One Of The Grio's 100 Most Influential In African-American Community|date=19 February 2012|website=Shadowproof|access-date=15 February 2019|archive-date=28 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228000851/https://shadowproof.com/2012/02/19/janet-mock-honored-as-one-of-the-grios-100-most-influential-in-african-american-community/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Until 2012, Mock was a journalist for ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine. In March and April 2013, she was a guest on ''[[The Melissa Harris-Perry Show]]'' on [[MSNBC]]. In April 2013 We Happy Trans and This Is H.O.W released the first Trans 100 list. Trans 100 is a list of one hundred American transgender activists. Mock was on the list. In June 2013 ''The Out List'', a documentary about [[LGBT]] Americans, was released. Mock was in it. Her first book, ''[[Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More]]'', was published February 4, 2014. Mock was on ''Piers Morgan Tonight'' on the day of the book's release. She was on the show again on February 5. ==Personal life== She lives in [[New York City]] with her boyfriend Aaron Tredwell. In 2011, Mock wrote an article talking about being transgender for ''[[Marie Claire]]''. Before this people did not know that she was born male.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/relationship-issues/born-male|title=I Was Born a Boy|first=Janet Mock as told t