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Zackary Ducker
Born in 1983, Zackary Drucker is an American trans woman who works as a multimedia artist, creator of culture, LGBT activist, actor, and television producer. She is a consultant for the TV show Transparent and an Emmy-nominated producer for the documentary series This Is Me. She is located in Los Angeles. Drucker is a visual artist whose work examines gender and sexuality topics and challenges typical two-dimensional portrayals.According to Drucker, learning about, sharing, and conserving trans history is not just a creative opportunity but also a political duty. The 2014 Whitney Biennial, MoMA PS1, Hammer Museum, Art Gallery of Ontario, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art are just a few of the venues where Drucker's work has been displayed.

Early life
In 1983, Zackary Drucker was born in Syracuse, New York, and was raised there by what she describes as "two really fantastic, progressive, educated parents." Eugene Drucker, a professor of aeronautical engineering at Syracuse University who provided advice on the Apollo space program, is her paternal grandpa. She received a B.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts in 2005 and an M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts in 2007. Drucker appeared on television for the first time in 2006 when she competed on Jeffrey Deitch's Artstar.

Drucker made the choice to remain in Los Angeles after receiving his degree from CalArts in 2007. Flawless Sabrina is depicted in photos from her graduation thesis exhibition, 5 East 73rd Street. Her art was included in a collective show titled Girly Show: Pin-ups, Zines & the So-Called Third Wave the same year at the Chaffey College Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art in Rancho Cucamonga.

Drucker's parents were progressive and encouraged her gender nonconformity, but she lacked role models growing up. In high school, Drucker identified with Kate Bornstein's writings on unconventional ways of living and gender roles.

Personal life
Drucker had just finished his studies at the School of Visual Arts and was a cast member of the television program "Artstar" when he first met Rhys Ernst. Ernst and Drucker had never dated a guy or a woman before. In a display held in 2014 at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Drucker and Ernst were depicted in everyday situations like celebrating anniversaries, staying home, or unwinding by the pool. The former couple released pictures of themselves together, which according to the New York Times was a crucial public record for transgender living. Drucker and Ernst want to demonstrate that transgender persons can lead normal, loving lives even though they are no longer a pair. Drucker expressed her hope that one day we would be completely free of gender boundaries in a 2014 magazine.

Despite the fact that Zackary is a conventionally male name, Drucker decided to maintain it after transitioning. "I considered changing my name, but when I realized that I didn't want to, that I'd be doing it only to make everyone around me more comfortable, I decided that it was the definition of a bad decision," Drucker said in an explanation of her choice. Gandhi once said, "Be the change you wish to see in the world. " I choose to live in a world where a lady had the middle name "Zackary."

Career
In 2011, Drucker and photographer Amos Mac worked together to create a series called "Home is Where the Heart is, Distance is Where You Hang Your Heart," which was shot in Drucker's hometown of Syracuse. The "TransLady Fanzine" also carried this series.

Inclusion of Drucker and colleague Rhys Ernst in the inaugural Hammer/LAX Art biennial. The movie "She Gone Rogue" had its world debut there and was also a part of Outfest 2013. Numerous Drucker's mentors, including Holly Woodlawn, Vaginal Davis, and Flawless Sabrina, are featured in "She Gone Rogue."

At the Whitney Biennial in 2014, Drucker and Ernst displayed "Relationship". The relationship and gender transformations of one couple were documented in this collection of images. Later, the photography collection was shown in the Luis De Jesus Gallery, which represents Drucker. A book titled "Relationship" was published in 2016.

Drucker has been a producer and consultant on Transparent, an original series on Amazon, since 2013. Presser's use of double casting in Transparent, according to media expert Nicole Morse, illuminates transfeminine history from the 1930s through 1994. Drucker also contributed to the writing, recruiting, casting, producing, providing screenplay notes, providing input, and postproduction for this part.

The New York Times Magazine reports that Drucker and Ernst's objective for Transparent is to guarantee that trans individuals are accurately portrayed on television and that they are actively involved in the production. The storyline, screenplay, attire, and casting of Season 1's "Best New Girl" episode 8 were primarily authored by Drucker. Drucker thought it was important to depict the historical conflict between those who identified as male cross-dressers and people who transition in this episode. Drucker worked on the historical setting and casting for Season 2.

In 2015, Drucker became a cast member of the E! documentary series I Am Cait and worked as a supervising producer on the This is Me series of docu-shorts, which was nominated for an Emmy.

In 2017, Drucker produced a film titled "Time Marches Forward & So Do We" in partnership with the ACLU, Laverne Cox, Molly Crabapple, and Kim Boekbinder.

In 2021, Drucker co-directed and executive produced The Lady and the Dale for HBO, a documentary series about trans woman Liz Carmichael who had carried off a complex deception using a three-wheeled vehicle.

Drucker keeps up her artistic endeavors while working on unaffiliated film and photographic projects. Drucker concentrates his research on little-known facets of the transgender community's past.

Exhibitions, film festivals, performances

 * 2007- "Girly Show: Pin-ups, Zines & the So-Called Third Wave", Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art
 * 2009 - NOW Fest, "P.I.G." a multimedia performance and film with Wu Ingrid Tsang, Mariana Marroquin, REDCAT
 * 2011 - 54th Venice Biennale, Swiss Off-Site Pavilion
 * 2012 - "At least you know: you exist", short film, Hammer Museum
 * 2012 - "Female Trouble" curated by Dirty Looks NYC, "Fish" video (2008), Human Resources LA
 * 2012 - "Zackary Drucker: At Least You Know You Exist" July 7 - September 10, 2012 MoMA PS1, New York
 * 2014 - Whitney Biennial, "Relationship", photo series with Rhys Ernst, Whitney Museum of American Art
 * 2019 - "School for Endurance Work," Cal State LA Fine Arts Gallery
 * 2020 - "Rosalyne" (photographs), presented at Orlando, McEvoy Foundation, San Francisco, CA
 * 2020 - "Icons" (photographs), presented at Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD