Known for her role as ‘Shea” on Amazon’s Golden Globe Award-Winning Series “Transparent,” actress and advocate Trace Lysette is breaking down barriers that limit the transgender community and inspiring others to embrace their unique identities. Her journey from a small town in Ohio to landing a role in a critically acclaimed television series was met with many obstacles and adversities, including severe depression. Trace speaks about how she picked herself back up to live authentically as the woman she is today. As an actress, Trace uses her platform to stand up against violence and speak out to those suffering from depression and suicidal thoughts. After years of hiding her true self, she is now living out loud and living visibly to help get the respect and rights that her and the transgender community deserve. 

* This special evening is presented in support of GLSEN’s Day of Silence, on April 24th, 2020, a student-led national event where folks take a vow of silence to highlight the silencing and erasure of LGBTQ people at school. Nearly 4 in 5 LGBTQ students don’t see positive LGBTQ representation in their curriculum, nearly 8 in 10 experience verbal harassment, and almost a third miss school for feeling unsafe or uncomfortable. But together we can break the silence of LGBTQ students!