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http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2013/08/23/billionaire-philanthropist-comes-out-transgenderBillionaire Philanthropist Comes Out as Transgender
Col. James Pritzker, who has endowed a study on transgender people in the military, announced she identifies as a woman and will now be known as Jennifer Natalya Pritzker
Col. James Pritzker, a member of a prominent and wealthy Chicago family and funder of a study on transgender people in the military, has come out as transgender, Crains Chicago Business reports.
Crains quotes an email sent to employees of the Pritzker Military Library and Pritzkers company Tawani Enterprises, saying, As of Aug. 16, 2013, J.N. Pritzker will undergo an official legal name change, will now be known as Jennifer Natalya Pritzker. This change will reflect the beliefs of her true identity that she has held privately and will now share publicly. Pritzker now identifies herself as a woman for all business and personal undertakings. The business journal adds that a spokeswoman declined to answer questions about Col. Pritzkers sexuality or possible hormone therapy.
Pritzker has a net worth of $1.5 billion, according to Forbes, and has donated to many philanthropic efforts, including preservation and restoration of historic buildings. Her family has a long history in business. Pritzkers father, the late Robert Pritzker, founded the Marmon Group, a holding company for a variety of businesses, and her uncles, the late Jay Pritzker and Donald Pritzker, founded Hyatt Hotels. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker is her cousin.
Jennifer Pritzker is a military veteran, having served 11 years in the Army and 16 in the National Guard. She founded the Pritzker Military Library, which opened in 2011 in Chicago, and in July of this year her Tawani Foundation awarded $1.35 million to the Palm Center, a California-based think tank, for a study of issues surrounding transgender service in the military.... MORE
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Billionaire Philanthropist Comes Out as Transgender (Original Post)
theHandpuppet
Aug 2013
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chervilant
(8,267 posts)1. Let's hope that our species
accelerates its capacity for empathy, inclusion and unconditional love. I've had enough of hate and fear.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)2. +1 nt
Zorra
(27,670 posts)3. Good for her.