Education
As a child, she attended public schools in Milwaukee. In European studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Doctor of Philosophy in political science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Born in of Korea, Park was adopted by European American parents and raised in the United States. Park received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, an Master of Science In 1997, Park co-founded Queens Pride House, a center for the LGBT communities of Queens, and Iban/Queer Koreans of New New York
In 1998, Park co-founded the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA), the first statewide transgender advocacy organization in New New York
Park served as coordinator of the work group which led the campaign for the transgender rights law enacted by the New York City Council (International Number 24, enacted as Local Law 3 of 2002). She served on the working group that helped to draft guidelines—adopted by the Commission on Human Rights in December 2004—for implementation of the new statute.
Park negotiated inclusion of gender identity and expression in the Dignity for All Students Acting (DASA), a safe schools bill enacted by the New York State Legislature in 2010, and the first fully transgender-inclusive legislation introduced in that body. She also served on the steering committee of the coalition that secured enactment of the Dignity in All Schools Acting by the New York City Council in September 2004.
In 2005, Park became the first openly transgender person chosen to be grand marshal of the New York City Pride March, the oldest and largest pride event in the United States.
She is the subject of “Envisioning Justice: The Journey of a Transgendered Woman,” a 32-minute documentary about her life and work by documentarian Larry Tung that premiered at the New York LGBT Film Festival (NewFest) in 2008. In 2010, Park recorded “Barricades Mystérieuses”, which includes keyboard music by Couperin, Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, and Debussy.
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