Masha Gessen (Russian: Мари́я "Маша" Алекса́ндровна Ге́ссен; born 13 January 1967) is a Russian and American journalist, author, and translator. Gessen is nonbinary and trans and uses they/them pronouns. Gessen has written extensively on LGBT rights. Gessen writes primarily in English but also in Russian. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masha_Gessen