![Monica Helms holding a mic and speaking.](/sites/default/files/2021-07/Monica%20Helms%20640x480.png)
Monica Helms, trans female Navy veteran, and Transgender pride flag designer, speaks at the Trans March in San Francisco, June 26, 2015. Wikimedia Commons.
(1951-) Born in Sumter, SC, Monica F. Helms is a transgender activist, author, and veteran of the United States Navy. She is the creator of the Transgender Pride Flag.