Rusty Mae Moore
Rusty Mae Moore (October 25, 1941 – February 23, 2022) was an American transgender rights activist and educator.[1][2][3] She ran a de facto homeless shelter for transgender people in the 1990s and 2000s, known as the Transy House.[1] One such resident included Sylvia Rivera, one of the most prominent voices in trans and queer activism, who lived at Transy House until her death in 2002. [4]
Biography
Moore was born on October 25, 1941, in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. She grew up in nearby Aliquippa.[5] In 1963, she married Nancy Voigt and 1970 they had a daughter, Jonica Melanie Moore, in São Paulo, Brazil. The couple later divorced.[1] In 1978, Moore married Sara Lee Zug; that same year they had a daughter, Amanda Lee Zug Moore, and in 1983 a son, Colin McGeorge Zug-Moore. Moore and Zug separated then divorced in the early 1990s; she subsequently came out as transgender to her family. Moore then entered into a relationship with Chelsea Goodwin, and they married in 2018.[1]
Moore died as a result of cardiovascular complications on February 23, 2022, in Pine Hill, New York.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Carmel, Julia (2022-03-11). "Rusty Mae Moore, Transgender Educator and Activist, Dies at 80". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ Rook, Erin (14 March 2022). "Activist Rusty Mae Moore has died. She spent her life providing shelter to trans people in need". LGBTQ Nation.
- ^ "Rusty Mae Moore, transgender activist and longtime Hofstra educator, has died".
- ^ Baum, Sarah Emily. "Trans Revolutionary and Ex Hofstra Dean, Rusty Mae Moore, Passes Away at 80". The Hofstra Clocktower.
- ^ Singh, Mankirat (12 March 2022). "Who was Rusty Mae Moore and what was her cause of death? Transgender Educator and Activist dead at 80". getindianews.com. Retrieved 2022-04-17.