Kalyn Heffernan
Kalyn Heffernan is an American activist and the leader of the band Wheelchair Sports Camp.[1]
Life
[edit | edit source]Heffernan was born in Denver, spent her early life in Southern California,[2] and returned to Denver at age 8.[3] She was born with the genetic disorder osteogenesis imperfecta. Heffernan is a community activist, participating in a 2017 ADAPT sit-in at Senator Cory Gardner's office to protest a proposed healthcare bill that would have cut Medicaid by $722 billion.[4][5] In 2018, Heffernan announced her intention to "sit" as a candidate for the 2019 Denver mayoral race.[6]
Heffernan is queer, and was named as one of "Eight Openly Queer Rappers to Watch" by ColorLines.[7] She received a 2016 Westword MasterMind award in recognition of her work co-founding Royalty Free Haiti, a partnership between artists in Haiti and Denver[8] and in 2018, Westword's "Best of Denver" named her the year's "Best Activist Musician."[9]
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- 21st-century American rappers
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- Activists from Colorado
- American activists with disabilities
- American artists with disabilities
- American disability rights activists
- American musicians with disabilities
- American queer artists
- American rappers
- Rappers from Colorado
- LGBTQ musicians with disabilities
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