Drew Cordes is a transgenderqueer who graduated from Vassar with a degree in English in 2004. Drew was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Drew moved to Saratoga Springs as a baby, moved to Rochester, New York, and finally moved to Glens Falls, New York at 6 years old. Drew formed a grassroots group called Transgender Advocates of the Capital Region, is one of the leaders of human rights group Transgender Advocates of the Capital Region, and has been a Bilerico Project contributor (http://www.bilerico.com/) since October 2010.