paris lees is a british journalist and activist for transgender rights. she is a bisexual trans woman. she is an editor for "meta" magazine. she has written for newspapers including "the independent", "the guardian", and "the daily telegraph". she works with trans media watch. in october 2013 lees was the first transgender person to be on "question time". that month she was named by "the independent" as the most influential lgbt person in the uk.