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'''Elisa Rae Shupe'''<ref name="elisa_2022_name_change">{{Cite web |last=Shupe |first=Elisa |date=2022-03-30 |title=Elisa Rae Shupe Name Change: It’s Official! |url=https://elisashupe.wordpress.com/2022/03/30/elisa-rae-shupe-name-change-its-official/ |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=Elisa Shupe |language=en}}</ref> (born '''James Clifford Shupe''' in 1963; formerly '''Jamie Shupe''') is a retired United States Army soldier who in 2016 became the first person in the United States to obtain ] of a ]. In 2019, she released a statement explaining that she had "] to male birth sex".<ref name="Dowell2020">{{cite news |last=Dowell |first=Rosemarie |title=Ocala man blasts gender identity as 'sham' after reclaiming male birth status |url=https://www.ocala-news.com/2020/01/20/ocala-man-blasts-gender-identity-as-sham-after-reclaiming-male-birth-status/ |work=Ocala-News.com |date=January 20, 2020}}</ref> In 2022 she published a statement reclaiming her trans identity and condemning the anti-trans movement and how it used her story to push conversion therapy. <ref name="elisa_2022_statement">{{Cite web |last=Shupe |first=Elisa |date=2022-03-03 |title=Elisa Shupe: Setting The Record Straight. |url=https://elisashupe.wordpress.com/2022/03/03/elisa-shupe-setting-the-record-straight-about-james-shupe/ |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=Elisa Shupe |language=en}}</ref> | ||
| == Biography == | == Biography == | ||
| Born male, Shupe grew up in southern Maryland as one of eight children.<ref name="Dake 2016">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/16/jamie-shupe-first-non-binary-person-oregon|title=Jamie Shupe becomes first legally non-binary person in the US|last=Dake|first=Lauren|date=June 16, 2016|newspaper=the Guardian|access-date=November 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616175106/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/16/jamie-shupe-first-non-binary-person-oregon|archive-date=June 16, 2016|language=en}}</ref> |
Born male, Shupe grew up in southern Maryland as one of eight children.<ref name="Dake 2016">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/16/jamie-shupe-first-non-binary-person-oregon|title=Jamie Shupe becomes first legally non-binary person in the US|last=Dake|first=Lauren|date=June 16, 2016|newspaper=the Guardian|access-date=November 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616175106/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/16/jamie-shupe-first-non-binary-person-oregon|archive-date=June 16, 2016|language=en}}</ref> She and her wife, Sandy, were married in 1987.<ref name="O'HaraDailyDot">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailydot.com/irl/jamie-shupe-dana-zzyym-passport-state-department-gender/|title=Why can't the nation's first legally nonbinary person get an ID?|last=O'Hara|first=Mary Emily|date=July 23, 2016|work=The Daily Dot|access-date=November 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726070718/http://www.dailydot.com/irl/jamie-shupe-dana-zzyym-passport-state-department-gender/|archive-date=July 26, 2016|language=en-US}}</ref> They have one daughter.<ref name="Dake 2016" /> She served in the U.S. Army for 18 years, receiving a number of ], and retired in 2000 as a ].<ref name="patch"/> | ||
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Shupe says she was physically and sexually abused by relatives during childhood. She recalls her mother punishing her for behaving like a "]",<ref name="O'HaraDailyDot"/> and says that she was denied the right to explore her ] or ].<ref name="patch"/> That suppression continued through her military career, which included periods before and during ].<ref name="Dake 2016" /><ref name="patch"/> After she retired, Shupe began living as a ] in 2013. She chose the gender-neutral first name "Jamie" and convinced the Army to change her sex marker to female on military records.<ref name="Mele 2016" /><ref name="pdxmonthly">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/articles/2017/2/20/male-female-jamie-shupe-battles-for-a-third-option|title=Male? Female? Jamie Shupe Battles for a Third Option.|magazine=Portland Monthly|last=Woodstock|first=Molly|date=March 10, 2017|access-date=March 17, 2019}}</ref> | ||
| In June 2016, Shupe successfully petitioned a ], court to change |
In June 2016, Shupe successfully petitioned a ], court to change her sex designation to non-binary, in the first legal recognition of a non-binary gender in the United States.<ref name="Mele 2016">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/us/oregon-nonbinary-transgender-sex-gender.html|title=Oregon Court Allows a Person to Choose Neither Sex|last=Mele|first=Christopher|date=June 13, 2016|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 22, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160613171755/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/us/oregon-nonbinary-transgender-sex-gender.html?_r=0|archive-date=June 13, 2016|language=en|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Dake 2016" /> That November, she was issued a birth certificate in Washington, D.C., with a sex marker of "unknown".<ref name="pdxmonthly"/> Lambda Legal later cited Shupe's petition as a legal precedent for non-binary gender markers in the passport lawsuit ''].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lambdalegal.org/in-court/legal-docs/zzyym_co_20160615_reply-brief|title=Case: Zzyym v. Pompeo (formerly Zzyym v. Tillerson & Zzyym v. Kerry) Plaintiff's Reply Brief|date=June 15, 2016|work=Lambda Legal|access-date=November 23, 2018|language=en}}</ref>'' | ||
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Shupe critiqued ], cautioning against what she said were high complication rates.<ref name="Dorman 2018">{{Cite news|url=https://ijr.com/former-army-sergeant-disagrees-a-funded-surgeries/|title=Some Veterans Call for Taxpayer-Funded Gender Surgery — This Fmr Army Sergeant Tried Transitioning and Disagrees|last=Dorman|first=Sam|date=November 17, 2018|work=IJR|access-date=November 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123160814/https://ijr.com/former-army-sergeant-disagrees-a-funded-surgeries/|archive-date=November 23, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> She also expressed opposition to transgender people serving in the military.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Foden-Vencil |first1=Kristian |title=Oregon's Transgender Population Reacts To Trump's Military Ban |url=https://www.opb.org/news/article/donald-trump-transgender-military-ban-oregon/ |access-date=March 18, 2019 |work=] |date=July 26, 2017 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
| In January 2019, Shupe announced that she no longer identified as non-binary and was returning to identifying as male.<ref name="Dowell2020" /> | |||
| In 2018 Shupe and his wife moved to Ocala, Florida, where Shupe says he feels safe and in a community that aligns well with his values.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Medina |first1=Carlos |title=Gender identity pioneer calls Ocala home |url=https://www.ocala.com/news/20200106/gender-identity-pioneer-calls-ocala-home |website=Ocala.com |access-date=January 11, 2020}}</ref> | |||
| In 2021, she began using the name "Lisa Shupe", and in 2022 published a statement that during her "detransition" she helped sell ] to the public while privately self medicating with estrogen, which resulted in a life-threatening blood clot. She stated: "I also authored this to hopefully prevent these groups from further using me as a pawn in their vicious war, legislative and otherwise, against the transgender community. For the record, I have formally renounced my previous ties and allegiance to ], conservatives, and faith-based groups."<ref name="elisa_2022_statement">{{Cite web |last=Shupe |first=Elisa |date=2022-03-03 |title=Elisa Shupe: Setting The Record Straight. |url=https://elisashupe.wordpress.com/2022/03/03/elisa-shupe-setting-the-record-straight-about-james-shupe/ |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=Elisa Shupe |language=en}}</ref> Shortly after in 2022, she received a legal name change to "Elisa Rae Shupe." <ref name="elisa_2022_name_change" /> | |||
| In January 2019, Shupe announced that he no longer identified as non-binary and was returning to identifying as male.<ref name="Dowell2020" /> A comprehensive interview with Shupe was published in late 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-08 |title=What The First Nonbinary American Wants The Supreme Court To Know |url=https://thefederalist.com/2019/10/08/what-the-first-nonbinary-american-wants-the-supreme-court-to-know-about-transgenderism/ |access-date=2022-03-26 |website=The Federalist |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
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First person in the U.S. to be legally declared non-binary.
| Elisa Rae Shupe | |
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 Shupe holding a transgender flag | |
| Born | James Clifford Shupe (1963-08-10) August 10, 1963 (age 61) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Service years | 1982–2000 |
| Rank | Sergeant First Class |
| Awards | |
| Children | 1 |
Elisa Rae Shupe (born James Clifford Shupe in 1963; formerly Jamie Shupe) is a retired United States Army soldier who in 2016 became the first person in the United States to obtain legal recognition of a non-binary gender. In 2019, she released a statement explaining that she had "returned to male birth sex". In 2022 she published a statement reclaiming her trans identity and condemning the anti-trans movement and how it used her story to push conversion therapy.
Biography
Born male, Shupe grew up in southern Maryland as one of eight children. She and her wife, Sandy, were married in 1987. They have one daughter. She served in the U.S. Army for 18 years, receiving a number of military decorations, and retired in 2000 as a sergeant first class.
Shupe says she was physically and sexually abused by relatives during childhood. She recalls her mother punishing her for behaving like a "sissy", and says that she was denied the right to explore her gender expression or gender identity. That suppression continued through her military career, which included periods before and during Don't ask, don't tell. After she retired, Shupe began living as a transgender woman in 2013. She chose the gender-neutral first name "Jamie" and convinced the Army to change her sex marker to female on military records.
In June 2016, Shupe successfully petitioned a Multnomah County, Oregon, court to change her sex designation to non-binary, in the first legal recognition of a non-binary gender in the United States. That November, she was issued a birth certificate in Washington, D.C., with a sex marker of "unknown". Lambda Legal later cited Shupe's petition as a legal precedent for non-binary gender markers in the passport lawsuit Zzyym v. Pompeo.
Shupe critiqued transgender surgeries, cautioning against what she said were high complication rates. She also expressed opposition to transgender people serving in the military.
In January 2019, Shupe announced that she no longer identified as non-binary and was returning to identifying as male.
In 2021, she began using the name "Lisa Shupe", and in 2022 published a statement that during her "detransition" she helped sell conversion therapy to the public while privately self medicating with estrogen, which resulted in a life-threatening blood clot. She stated: "I also authored this to hopefully prevent these groups from further using me as a pawn in their vicious war, legislative and otherwise, against the transgender community. For the record, I have formally renounced my previous ties and allegiance to radical and gender-critical feminists, conservatives, and faith-based groups." Shortly after in 2022, she received a legal name change to "Elisa Rae Shupe."
See also
References
- ^ Miner, Colin (June 12, 2016). "Military Veteran Says 'Jamie' is Neither Male Nor Female". Portland, OR Patch. Archived from the original on June 13, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
- ^ Shupe, Elisa (March 30, 2022). "Elisa Rae Shupe Name Change: It's Official!". Elisa Shupe. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
- ^ Dowell, Rosemarie (January 20, 2020). "Ocala man blasts gender identity as 'sham' after reclaiming male birth status". Ocala-News.com.
- ^ Shupe, Elisa (March 3, 2022). "Elisa Shupe: Setting The Record Straight". Elisa Shupe. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
- ^ Dake, Lauren (June 16, 2016). "Jamie Shupe becomes first legally non-binary person in the US". the Guardian. Archived from the original on June 16, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
- ^ O'Hara, Mary Emily (July 23, 2016). "Why can't the nation's first legally nonbinary person get an ID?". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on July 26, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
- ^ Mele, Christopher (June 13, 2016). "Oregon Court Allows a Person to Choose Neither Sex". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 13, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
- ^ Woodstock, Molly (March 10, 2017). "Male? Female? Jamie Shupe Battles for a Third Option". Portland Monthly. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
- "Case: Zzyym v. Pompeo (formerly Zzyym v. Tillerson & Zzyym v. Kerry) Plaintiff's Reply Brief". Lambda Legal. June 15, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
- Dorman, Sam (November 17, 2018). "Some Veterans Call for Taxpayer-Funded Gender Surgery — This Fmr Army Sergeant Tried Transitioning and Disagrees". IJR. Archived from the original on November 23, 2018. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
- Foden-Vencil, Kristian (July 26, 2017). "Oregon's Transgender Population Reacts To Trump's Military Ban". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved March 18, 2019.