36 Facts About Janet Mock

Janet Mock was born on March 10,1983 and is an American writer, television producer, and transgender rights activist.

Janet Mock is a contributing editor for Marie Claire and a former staff editor of People magazine's website.

Janet Mock lived for most of her youth in her native Hawaii, with some time spent in Oakland, California and Dallas.

Janet Mock played volleyball in high school, a sport she had bonded over with her childhood friend Wendi, who helped Mock express her femininity.

Janet Mock explains that when she first met Wendi, she asked if Janet Mock was a mahu.

Janet Mock was the first person in her family to go to college.

Janet Mock underwent gender confirming surgery in Thailand at the age of 18 in the middle of her first year in college.

Janet Mock took issue with how the magazine represented her by stating that she was born and raised as a boy; she says she was always a girl.

Janet Mock submitted a video about her experiences as a transgender woman to the "It Gets Better" project in 2011, and has written on a variety of topics for Marie Claire, Elle, The Advocate, Huffington Post and XoJane.

Janet Mock writes her book is about her personal experience as a trans woman of color.

Shortly after signing her book deal, Janet Mock left her position as an editor at People.

Janet Mock interviewed the cast, which features eleven prominent transgender figures: Laverne Cox, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Buck Angel, Kylar Broadus, Caroline Cossey, Shane Ortega, Alok Vaid-Menon, Nicole Maines, Bamby Salcedo, Amos Mac and Caitlyn Jenner.

Janet Mock is a writer, director, and producer on the show, and is the first trans woman of color hired as a writer for a TV series in history.

In 2018 Janet Mock directed the episode of Pose titled "Love Is the Message", thus making her the first transgender woman of color to write and direct any television episode.

However, following the final season's premiere Janet Mock spoke up against the show's treatment of its creatives behind the scenes - taking issue with her pay and the writing.

In 2019, Janet Mock signed a three-year deal with Netflix giving them exclusive rights to her TV series and a first-look option on feature film projects; this made her the first openly transgender woman of color to secure a deal with a major content company.

In November 2021, Janet Mock was set to direct The International Sweethearts of Rhythm for Sony Pictures.

Janet Mock is featured in an LGBT documentary, The OUT List, which screened on HBO on June 27,2013.

In February 2014, Janet Mock joined Piers Morgan Live on CNN, for a face-to-face interview.

Janet Mock accused them of "sensationalizing her life" by focusing on her personal and physical life instead of her new book, Redefining Realness.

Morgan attempted to understand the root of the criticism as Janet Mock explained the problem with the way trans people and their lives are represented in mainstream media.

Janet Mock has been featured on the covers of British VOGUE, Marie Claire, Entertainment Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter, Who What Wear, Paper, and OUT magazines.

Janet Mock has appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher, Melissa Harris-Perry, The Colbert Report, and The Nightly Show.

In March 2016, the Hillel at Brown University invited Janet Mock to speak, but she canceled after Brown Students for Justice in Palestine protested the invitation.

Janet Mock served as co-chair, nominee and presenter at the 2012 GLAAD Media Awards.

In June 2013, Janet Mock joined the board of directors of the Arcus Foundation, a charitable foundation focused on great ape conservation and LGBT rights.

In 2014, following the conviction of activist Monica Jones, Janet Mock joined a campaign against a Phoenix law that allows police to arrest anyone suspected of "prostitution", which targets transgender women of color.

Janet Mock was included in the Trans 100, the first annual list recognizing 100 transgender advocates in the United States, and gave the keynote speech at the launch event on March 29,2013, in Chicago.

On November 14,2013, Janet Mock was honored as a member of the OUT100, Outs 100 "most compelling people of the year" and introduced Laverne Cox as the recipient of the Reader's Choice Award at the event.

Janet Mock was included in the video accompanying the Google Doodle for International Women's Day 2014.

In 2014, Janet Mock was included as part of The Advocate's annual "40 Under 40" list, as well as their list of 50 Most Influential LGBT People in Media.

Later that year, Janet Mock's book was nominated as a Lambda Literary Award finalist in the category of transgender non-fiction and The Women's Way awarded Janet Mock with their Book Prize.

Janet Mock was included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2018.

In 2019, Janet Mock received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Drama Series at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards for her work as a producer on season 1 of Pose.

Janet Mock was nominated for this award again in 2021 at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as being nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, both nominations are for her work on season 3 of Pose.

Janet Mock began dating Pose actor Angel Bismark Curiel in 2018 amid her failing marriage.