2024 Kuchling Award Winner Carter Brown Black trans activist Carter Brown has been named as the 2024 Kuchling Humanitarian Award recipient, Dinner officials announced in a press release this afternoon (Tuesday, June 12).
Brown is the founder and executive director of the Black Trans Advocacy Coalition, and he co-authored the U.S.
Trans Survey, a groundbreaking effort comprehensively highlighting the economic, health, and social disparities experienced by nearly 28,000 transgender individuals nationwide.
Dustin Vyers, Black Tie Dinner co-chair, said, “Through Carter’s leadership and relentless advocacy, BTAC has provided critical mutual aid support locally and internationally, helping Black trans people in need of life-saving care, housing, food and employment.” Black Tie Dinner Co-Chair Liliana Villarreal added, “Throughout our relationship with BTAC, Carter has repeatedly demonstrated his kindness and generosity, not just for the trans community, but to everyone he meets.