Get your copy of Gabrielle’s “memoir meets self-help” book, where she shares insights into what it took for her to embrace her authenticity as a trans woman, and invites readers to embrace new facets of their own unique truths—whatever those look like for them.
GABRIELLE CLAIBORNE
SHE/HER/HERS
Gabrielle Claiborne has been an out and active trans woman since 2010. Prior to her transition, she owned and operated successful businesses in the construction industry, overseeing multi-million dollar projects nationwide. Today, she is a highly respected trans business owner who in 2024 was recognized by Acquisition International Magazine as their Most Influential Workplace Inclusion Training CEO. In 2022, she received the Georgia Diversity Council’s LGBTQ Leadership Award and Emory University's Barkley Forum, Georgia Speaker of the Year Award. In 2019, the Atlanta Business Chronicle honored her with their 2019 Outstanding Voice for Diversity and Inclusion Award; and in 2018, she received Emory University’s Alum of the Year Pride Award, and was chosen by the Georgia Division of the U.S. Small Business Administration as their LGBT Small Business Champion of the Year.
In 2015, Gabrielle was recognized as Atlanta’s Best Trans Activist and her work has been featured in Forbes.
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Along with being a successful entrepreneur, Gabrielle is a TEDx and keynote speaker, a dynamic trainer and the author of Embrace Your Truth: A Journey of Authenticity. In this “memoir meets self-help” book Gabrielle shares the life lessons she has learned about living authentically and shows readers how they can apply these same insights in order to live their highest and best lives.
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As a recognized community leader, Gabrielle served as Executive Board Member with Atlanta PRIDE Board, as Co-Chair of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce’s (NGLCC) TGX Initiative, as Co-Chair of the City of Atlanta’s LGBTQ Mayoral Advisory Council's Trans Affairs Committee, as Secretary of the Out Georgia Business Alliance, and as Advisory Board Member of Out Front Theater Group. She currently serves as Chair of the OUT Georgia Business Alliance’s TGX360 Workplace Initiative, as Chair of the International Travel Association's (IGLTA) Trans Advisory Group, as National Board Member of the National LGBTQ Real Estate Alliance and as Board Member of the Voices of Note. The impact of her leadership extended beyond her community advocacy by way of her having served on the Executive Board at City of Light Atlanta, directed their choir, and founded and led the church’s trans support group.
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Gabrielle earned a BA in Mathematics from Emory University and pursued a degree in Civil Engineering at Georgia Tech. She is an Atlanta native and the proud parent of three adult children and grandparent of two grandchildren.
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