Chevi Rabbit, is a young mover and a shaker from Rural Alberta. Listed by the premier of Albertas as of the Top 25 Human Rights Advocates, a award winning advocate, accredited makeup fashion makeup artist, educator, fashion coordinator and public speaker.

Rabbit Two Spirit Advocate, a First Nations concept for someone, like Rabbit, who identifies as both a man and a woman. Ze’s currently a board member of the Aboriginal Women Professional Association, Member of the Board of Directors at Central Alberta Sexual Assault Support Centre, Member of Committee at Alberta Sexual Minorities Liaison Committee, Founder at Maskwacis Two Spirit Society, Recipient at Top 40 Under 40 by Avenue Magazine, founder of Hate to Hope, and collaborate with many organization in Alberta.

After being assaulted in a parking lot in 2012, ze became a passionate advocate for the LGBTQ community. Rabbit realized that being open – and empowering others to do the same – could be a revolutionary act. From that moment Hate to Hope was born and became a idea that not only changed Rabbits life but many others without a voice. A movement that was at the time Canada largest LGBTQ march.

Still, being yourself is complicated. The Rabbit family has deep roots in Maskwacis politics, but ze’s mother, who shunned politics to focus on her family, similarly encouraged Rabbit to follow ze’s own interests. “With my mom’s compassion, I was raised to see the good in people and not be selfish,” Rabbit says.

Rabbit went on to work with the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate and the Edmonton Sexual Minorities Liaison Committee, and in 2014 received an award for hate-crime awareness from Alberta’s justice minister. Ze speaks at high schools, municipal conferences, post secondary institutions, conferences and colleges, and eschews partisanship. While tensions simmer worldwide between police and the LGBTQ community, ze devoted the 2016 Hate to Hope rally to Edmonton Police Service’s Constable Daniel Woodall, who was killed while serving an arrest warrant for a hate crime like the one that victimized Rabbit.

In college, Rabbit took night classes for makeup artistry. Today ze’s a former senior makeup artist for Western Canada Fashion Week, has worked with stars like former Mrs. Universe Ashley Callingbull, and is had become a well known fashion coordinator and makeup artist in Alberta. Rabbit is committed to making others feel accepted for who they are.