Trace Lysette | Transgender Woman

Trace Lysette is an actress and a recording artist. Lysette appeared in the feature film Hustlers as Tracy alongside Constance Wu and Jennifer Lopez. Her breakthrough role Shea in the TV series Transparent in 2014. She played an entertainment worker who was the best pal of Maura Pfefferman, played by Jeffrey Tambor. She made outstanding acting as her friend-to-lean on by Pfefferman, who was newly out. It was also through the role that Lysette came out publicly as a transwoman. While making a name for herself and making wise money management decisions out of her salary as an actress, Lysette became a prominent figure in the advocacy of LGBT rights in Hollywood.

Lysette’s contribution to the acting industry as a trans woman was recognized in the 50th Anniversary of the first LGBTQ Pride Parade. Queerty named her as one of the 50 heroes of the LGBT community for leading the nation towards equality, acceptance, and dignity. She also took on the work as executive producer of Trans in Trumpland, a docu-series about transgenders during the administration of Donald Trump.