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For Immediate Release: TOURMALINE NAMED TO TIME’S ANNUAL TIME100 LIST OF THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD 

For Immediate Release: TOURMALINE NAMED TO TIME’S ANNUAL TIME100 LIST OF THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD 

September 22, 2020, New York, NY — TIME named Tourmaline to the 2020 TIME100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Tourmaline is an artist and filmmaker whose work includes Salacia, Mary of Ill Fame, Atlantic is a Sea of Bones, The Personal Things, Lost in the Music and Happy Birthday, Marsha! She is also an editor of TRAP DOOR, an anthology on trans cultural production published by the New Museum and MIT Press. Tourmaline has been working with BCRW since 2014, and is currently an Artist-in-Residence in the BCRW Social Justice Institute.

The full list of honorees and related tributes appear in the October 5, 2020 issue of TIME, available on newsstands on Friday, September 25, and now at time.com/time100

The list, now in its seventeenth year, recognizes the activism, innovation and achievement of the world¹s most influential individuals. 

Follow @TIME for updates about the list on Twitter and Instagram and at Facebook.com/TIME.

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