Jennell Jaquays – Creative Director, Transgender Human Rights Institute
The Transgender Human Rights Institute’s (THRI) Creative Director, Jennell Jaquays professional background involves an extensive career making art and writing content for games of all sorts. In 2003 she co-founded a graduate level program to train students to make digital games. She became involved in advocacy in through PressXY.com a speakers group that explores the relationship between gaming and transgender issues. In 2012, the Huffington Post included her in their list of 50 Transgender Icons. She began working with THRI as a supporter and eventually steering committee member of the Transgender Violence Tracking Portal. She currently splits her time between her “day job” as Chief Creative Officer for Olde Sküül, in Seattle, Washington, and her efforts on the board of trustees for THRI.