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Qween Jean

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Qween Jean is a costume designer and LGBT+ rights activist based in New York City. In 2026, she won a Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her costume design work in Cats: The Jellicle Ball, becoming the first openly transgender winner of a Tony Award. She was also nominated for her work on Bess Wohl's Liberation.

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