R Derek Black, the former poster child for the KKK and white nationalist movement, came out as trans in The Klansman's Son: My Journey from White Nationalism to Antiracism.

R. Derek Black’s coming out story is complicated. As a child, Black came out to the world as a white nationalist on the syndicated daytime talk program “The Jenny Jones Show” in 1999.

R. Derek Black: I thought about it for the first time shortly after the Trump election [in 2016]. About three years before that, I had written this public statement condemning my family, ...

These days, Derek Black, now Adrianne, uses the communication and organizational skills developed as a young White supremacist to inform audiences.

Derek Black aged 8 with a white nationalist flag. Derek was raised in the white nationalist ideology, but left the community behind while at college, and he is now an anti-racist.

These days, Derek Black, now Adrianne, uses the communication and organizational skills developed as a young White supremacist to inform audiences.

R. Derek Black’s coming out story is complicated. As a child, Black came out to the world as a white nationalist on the syndicated daytime talk program “The Jenny Jones Show” in 1999.