Wear Your Voice, becoming one of the first out transgender people to run a publication. Preston would also take on roles at the Human Rights Campaign and the organization that produces Los Angeles Pride.WATCH: In Our Shoes: A Roundtable On Black Queer Power By Patrisse CullorsLast year, Preston used her 34th birthday to draw attention to the average life expectancy of Black trans women in the U.S., which is 35.
On her birthday cake, she featured images of 77 Black trans women who didn’t make it to that milestone, and popularized the hashtag #ThriveOver35.
Around this time, Preston helped lead a boycott of radio host Charlamagne tha God after he allowed transphobic hate speech on his show.