Tori Wolfe-Sisson
Tori Wolfe-Sisson (born c. 1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is the founder of BLK Pearl, an organization for LGBTQ people of color. They1 are also a youth organizer for the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice, an instructor for Yoga Unbound, and a former field organizer for the Human Rights Campaign.
Sisson was born as the daughter of Lonnie and Sandra Sisson of Las Vegas, Nevada. They graduated from the Advanced Technologies Academy (A-TECH) magnet high school in 2006, with a concentration in computer graphics and architecture. They then attended Tuskegee University where they co-founded the Black Belt Deliberative Dialogue Group and Be Environmentally Active Now community organizations, and worked as a campaign manager for Student Government and Tuskegee City Council candidates. They graduated with a bachelor's degree in history in 2013. After graduating, Sisson worked as lead residential instructor at the Learning Tree Child Care Center in Tallassee.
On February 9, 2015 Tori and Shanté Wolfe were the first same-sex couple to be legally married in Montgomery following a federal court ruling ordering the state to recognize such marriages. Their legal ceremony followed a year after their spiritual wedding.
Wolfe-Sisson co-founded BLK Pearl in 2017. In 2019 they were one of the activists who founded the Birmingham Committee for Truth and Reconciliation to host an event for Angela Davis at Boutwell Auditorium.
Notes
- Wolfe-Sisson uses the pronouns "they", "them" and "theirs".
References
- Gonzalez, Juan (February 11, 2015) "Exchanging Vows, Alabama Same-Sex Couples Make History in a State Where Discrimination Runs Deep" DemocracyNow.org
- Talley, Je'Don Holloway (August 23, 2018) "Pronouns important when identifying LGBTQ people" The Birmingham Times
External links
- Tori Wolfe-Sisson on Linkedin.com