Betsy Driver

Betsy Driver (born 1964) is a former mayor of Flemington, New Jersey, and an advocate for intersex human rights and awareness. She is the first openly intersex person to be elected as a political officeholder in the United States.

Early life Driver was born in Buffalo, New York in 1964. She was born with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH).

In her mid-30s, she began learning about intersex people and the surgeries she went through at eight months old. She has stated that she and her mother had been falsely told that she was the only one to have this condition.

Career and advocacy Driver was once a journalist and segment producer for CBS News. Driver and Emi Koyama started Intersex Awareness Day, which is observed on October 26 and is internationally recognized.

When Driver decided to run for a town council seat in Flemington in 2017, she learned that opponents planned to make an issue of her identity.

Personal life Driver has lived in Flemington since 2007 with her wife and their two sons.