Mercury Stardust

Mercury Stardust (born December 8, 1987) is an American author, TikToker, transgender activist, burlesque performer, and home repair educator. Known on TikTok as the "Trans Handy Ma'am", she provides advice on DIY home repair. In college, she studied theater and became a cabaret performer.

Stardust chose her name in 2014. As of September 2023, Stardust had over two million followers. She received the 2021 Trans* Activist of the Year award from the OutReach LGBTQ Community Center.

In March 2022, Stardust hosted the first TikTok-a-Thon for Trans Healthcare, coinciding with International Transgender Day of Visibility, during which she raised more than $120,000 for Plume, an organization which funds gender-affirming care. During the event's second iteration in March 2023, she co-hosted a 30-hour livestream on both TikTok and Twitch to raise money for Point of Pride, another organization which funds gender-affirming care for transgender individuals. Guests for the event included V Spehar. In March 2024, the event's third iteration aimed to raised $4 million for Point of Pride, with appearances from guests including Ve'ondre Mitchell and Dylan Mulvaney. However, within the first ten hours of the event, Stardust's and co-host Jory (Alluring Skull)'s TikTok accounts were banned nine times due to mass reporting from trolls, resulting in multiple interruptions. In April 2023, Stardust announced that she had authored a book, Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair, set to be published on August 29, 2023 by Penguin Random House.