Just one month after Harvard University added gender identity to it's non-discrimination policy, Mara Keisling has been named LGBT Person of the Year by the by the GLBT and Supporters Alliance at Harvard University.

If you don't know Mara, she is the founding Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE). A Pennsylvania native, Mara came to Washington after co-chairing the Pennsylvania Gender Rights Coalition. Mara did her graduate work at Harvard University in American Government.