Janet Mock Named Marie Claire Contributing Editor

Marie Claire has added Janet Mock, a New York Times best-selling author and transgender rights activist, as a contributing editor. Mock will contribute print and online articles and act as a Marie Claire brand ambassador.

The move marks a bit of a return to Marie Claire for Mock. In a 2011 piece, she publicly came out as transgendered in a piece she wrote for the magazine told her story of growing up as a trans girl.

Mock is the author of the bestseller Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More and previously served as a staff editor for People.

“Janet is an incredibly smart and articulate writer,” said Marie Claire’s editor, Anne Fulenwider, in a statement.

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