Severiano Christian knew they were non-binary and transgender at the age of 18. At 22, they became the California Senate’s LGBTQ Caucus consultant. And now, at just 27, Christian is the Legislative Director for California State Senator Scott Weiner, D-San Francisco.
It’s a high-profile and powerful position where they help shape LGBTQ+ policy, and where Christian deals with issues such as the medical treatment of incarcerated LGBTQ+ people and intersex health care.
In childhood, Christian said they “never had the vocabulary” to describe how they felt about their gender. They liked sports, but they also liked painting their nails, and they found themselves falling outside of the typical construct of what it means to be a “man” or a “woman.”
