About me
Giselle Byrd is the Executive Director of The Theater Offensive, located in Boston, MA, making her the first Black trans woman to lead a regional theatre company in the United States, where she is passionately continuing and amplifying the theater’s mission for uplifting and elevating the work of queer and transgender artists of color and LGBTQIA2S+ youth and their allies. She was recently appointed to the Massachusetts Commission on The Status of Women, making her the first trans woman of color to serve on the commission. where she plans to continue their mission to advance women and girls toward full equity in all areas of life and to promote rights and opportunities for all women and girls, ensuring that trans women and girls are not an afterthought.
As a producer, she holds the honor of being the first transgender woman to be accepted into Through Her Lens: The Tribeca and Chanel Women's Filmmaker Program. In November 2024, Boston’s 25th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance Committee awarded her the inaugural Boston Trans Art & Culture Trendsetter Award, following the announcement that her efforts in conjunction with The Theater Offensive caused Boston’s City Council to officially commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance.
