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Writer and blogger who is known for being a transgender rights activist. She is known for having written for Rolling Stone, The Huffington Post, and The Advocate and is also the editor at large of Media Matters for America. She is also known for bringing attention the transphobic language featured on RuPaul’s Drag Race which helped influence the course of the show.
She graduated from Columbia College Chicago with her degree in Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management. She came out as transgender to her co-workers in 2013. She then released a book on her coming out story in 2014 and started writing for several publications.
She was listed on the Windy City Times 30 Under 30 list in June of 2014. She was also nominated for a 2014 National Women’s Political Caucus Exceptional Merit in Media Award for an essay she wrote entitled “I am a Transgender Woman, and This is What it’s Like”.
She was born and raised in Manhattan, Illinois and married production designer Kayla Pekkala.
After college, she worked briefly for Pitchfork Media which led to her working as an assistant for singer Andrew Bird.
Parker Marie Molloy (born April 24, 1986) is an American writer, blogger, and transgender rights activist. Molloy, until the fall of 2014, was an editorial and news contributor to Advocate.com, particularly on transgender issues. She has also written op-eds in a number of other publications. In September 2018, she began working as an editor at large for Media Matters for America.
Molloy grew up in Manhattan, Illinois. After graduating from Lincoln-Way Central High School in New Lenox in 2004, she attended Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois for three years before transferring to Columbia College Chicago where she graduated in 2009 in Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management. During college, Molloy was an editorial intern at Pitchfork Media.
Molloy launched parkthatcar.net in July 2012 as a way to document her ongoing transition. As time went on, the blog focused less on Molloy’s personal transition, and more on transgender politics and current events.
Molloy briefly worked for Chicago musician Andrew Bird before taking a job at a Chicago-based ad agency. In 2013, she came out to management and her co-workers as transgender.
In August 2014 Molloy faced a backlash from members of the trans community after telling another transgender person to drink bleach, cut herself, and die in a fire.
On March 18, 2014, Molloy wrote an article titled “RuPaul Stokes Anger with Use of Transphobic Slur” at The Advocate. The article and others discussing the use of the word tranny sparked a conversation about its use by RuPaul and others. Molloy was criticized by prominent transgender activists Calpernia Addams, Justin Vivian Bond, Andrea James, Our Lady J, as well as drag artists RuPaul and Alaska, a former contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race, who made a parody video depicting Molloy being shot in the head.
On March 2, 2014, Molloy was interviewed by Chicagoist concerning Piers Morgan’s interview with Janet Mock and the death of Anne Vanderbilt, allegedly resulting from an article posted on Grantland.
On November 5, 2014, Molloy was named as a finalist for the Los Angeles Press Club’s National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards for her work discussing drag culture’s use of language seen by her and former contestants on RuPaul’s Drag Race to be transphobic.
Molloy was nominated for a 2014 National Women’s Political Caucus Exceptional Merit in Media Award for an essay she wrote in October 2013, titled, “I am a Transgender Woman, and This is What It’s Like.”
Molloy was included in the second annual Trans 100 list, recognizing the work of 100 transgender advocates in the United States, announced at the launch event, March 30, 2014 in Chicago. On June 26, 2014, Molloy was named to Windy City Times’ annual “30 Under 30” list, honoring “the best in LGBTQIA activism, business, culture, non-profit work and more,” and honored at a reception at Chicago’s Center on Halsted.
In 2014, Thought Catalog released Molloy’s ebook entitled My Transgender Coming Out Story.
What's Parker Molloy Net Worth 2024
| Net Worth (2024) | $1 Million (Approx.) |
| Net Worth (2023) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2022) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2021) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2020) | Under Review |
Parker Molloy Family
| Father's Name | Not Available |
| Mother's Name | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Available |
| Childrens | Not Available |
