Riki Wilchins (born 1952) is an activist whose work has focused on issues of gender as it impacts many Americans: straight and gay; male, female and transgender; white and of-color; youth and elder. Her work on combating discrimination and violence caused by gender stereotypes has provoked criticism by some in the transgender community, but has been widely accepted by others. She has often focused on youth, who she says "see with fresher eyes" In 2001, Wilchins was named by TIME Magazine one of "100 Civic Innovators for the 21st Century." At Camp Trans, Riki Wilchins had a workshop where she would strip naked and show her surgically constructed vagina to anyone who wanted to see it. Since the mid-1990s, Wilchins has been highly active in founding a number of organizations and events focuse