http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/99ff2fc6eedbb528 https://verfassungsblog.de/outstanding-women-08-25/ Mia Yamamoto - Breaking Chains and Building Bridges Siegemund, Marie eng 2025-08-01 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Feminism Racism Trans rights Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Her story is one of courage, sacrifice and solidarity with those pushed to society’s periphery: for decades, Mia Yamamoto hid her true self as a trans woman while fiercely advocating for the marginalized and uniting diverse groups to amplify unheard voices. Since birth, she has shared the fate of the incarcerated – a reality that continues to shape her to this day.