Jennifer Finney Boylan
| Jennifer Finney Boylan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 22, 1958 Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Residence | Belgrade Lakes, Maine |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Wesleyan University Johns Hopkins University |
| Occupation | Author, activist, professor |
| Years active | 2003–present http://www.jenniferboylan.net/ |
| Known for | Transgender activism |
| Home town | Valley Forge, Pennsylvania |
Jennifer Finney Boylan (born June 22, 1958) is an American author and political activist. In 2014 she joined the faculty of Barnard College of Columbia University as the Anna Quindlen Writer-in-Residence, having previously been professor of English at Colby College in Maine. She is a trans woman. Her 2003 autobiography, She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders, was the first book by an openly transgender American to become a bestseller. She has two sons, Zach and Sean, with Deirdre Boylan whom she married in 1988 as James Boylan. Jennifer began her male to female transition in the year 2000. The transformation started with therapy, feminine clothing, and then taking female hormones. While undergoing sexual reassignment surgery Jennifer feared that her marriage to Deirdre would certainly come to an end. Today, the couple is still married and residing between New York City and Belgrade Lakes, Maine, with their two sons. Nine years after she began her transition she published an article for The New York Times claiming, "my spouse and I love each other, and that our legal union has been a good thing – for us, for our children and our community". She made appearances as a friend of Caitlyn Jenner on the reality television show I Am Cait.
Boylan was born in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. She graduated from The Haverford School, a private, all-boys prep school in Haverford, Pennsylvania, in 1976. She graduated from Wesleyan University in 1980 before completing graduate work in English at Johns Hopkins University. Boylan was faculty at Colby College from 1988 to 2014. In 2000 she was voted "Professor of the Year" at Colby College.
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