Jacob Anderson-Minshall
| Jacob Anderson-Minshall | |
|---|---|
| Born |
14 September 1967 Inkom, Idaho, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Author |
Jacob Anderson-Minshall (born September 14, 1967) is an American author.
Assigned as female at birth, Anderson-Minshall was raised on a farm outside of Inkom, Idaho by his Catholic family. In talking about his gender transitioning, he notes that his family was supportive of him being a tomboy and wearing clothes, playing with toys traditionally associated with boys. He cites his mother's influence in social justice issues sparking his interest since preschool, and went with his mom to women's rights, and campaigned for the Equal Rights Amendment. In high school he spent a year in Germany as part of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program. He also joined in anti-nuclear protests. In college, Anderson-Minshall was active in the anti-Apartheid movement opposing South Africa's system of apartheid and supporting South Africa's non-whites, and marched in support of women's reproductive rights.
He received a B.A. in Peace and Global Studies from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana and a Master's degree in Communication from Idaho State University in Pocatello.
After graduating he canvassed for anti-nuclear group SANE/FREEZE and other efforts before focusing on lesbian and gays rights.
Anderson-Minshall later passed the National Park Service's law enforcement Ranger Academy becoming a park rangerin the 1990s patrolling the "forested lands above Silicon Valley, bay and ocean-side parks and rolling hills north of San Francisco." He was disabled in a work-related injury in 2003; at which point Anderson-Minshall returned to writing.
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