Annah Moore is a successful musician, writer and artist currently living in the United States. Born in New York City in 1966, she struggled with the transsexual condition until her mid-thirties when she completed her transition to female. Ms. Moore has become well-known in the hard rock and heavy metal music communities for her excellent guitar playing and songwriting talents, and widely regarded in the LGBTcommunities for her efforts to help others. A transsexual (sometimes transexual) person establishes a permanent identity with the opposite gender to their assigned (usually at birth) sex. ... LGBT (or GLBT) is an abbreviation used as a collective term to refer to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people. ...

Ms. Moore started playing guitar in 1983 at the age of sixteen. Her main influences as a guitarist are Randy Rhoads, Megadeth, Vivian Campbell, Jake E. Lee, Nancy Wilson, Judas Priest, and older Metallica, among many others. In 1984 she took private classical guitar lessons while attending Arizona State University for a degree in music. She left ASU, however, to cope with her personal issues, but continued to utilize music as a means to express the deep frustrations that often accompany the transsexual condition. Randall William Randy Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American guitarist, rated by Rolling Stone magazine as one of rock musics The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. ... Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ... Vivian Campbell Vivian Patrick Campbell (born in August 25, 1962 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Irish rock guitarist, currently playing for Def Leppard. ... Jakey Lou Williams (born February 15, 1957, in Norfolk, Virginia, USA), better known as Jake E. Lee is a heavy metal guitarist best known for his work with Ozzy Osbourne. ... Ann (left) and Nancy Wilson, 1993 Nancy Wilson (born March 16, 1954) is an American singer and guitarist who, with her older sister Ann, became a part of the Seattle band Heart. ... Judas Priest are a Metal Swing band formed in 1968 in the northwest midlands of England, near Birmingham. ... Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 28, 1981. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

Her list of bands includes Thunderin Reign (Phoenix 1990-1992), Bittersweet (Phoenix 2000-2001), Boneglove (Austin 2002-2003), Red Volution (Austin 2004-2006) and she is burning up the heavy metal scene with the band IGNITOR (Austin 2006-).

For the past four years Annah has been writing a book about her life experiences, which is called Right Side Out. The book is more than just a synopsis of what she has been through, it is an attempt to help not only other trans individuals cope with the situation, but to help everyone understand it. The highly anticipated title for many in the trans and music communities is now available on the publisher's website www.iuniverse.com and will be available at all major online resellers in November 2006.

Annah is a strong supporter of equal rights, not only for LGBT individuals, but for all people. She does not hide her history and is open about where she comes from and the struggles she has faced. She makes regular radio and television appearances to support education and awareness of trans issues. These include a special show on Discovery Health Channel called "sexChange: Him to Her". In July 2006 Annah appeared on the Kidd Chris Show and in September 2006 will appear on the Austin station KOOP on the show InnerViews. Discovery Health Channel (or DHC), launched on August 2, 1999, is a U.S. cable television network dedicated to programming that highlights various aspects of health and wellness (and unwellness as well). ... Koop or KOOP may refer to: People C. Everett Koop, the Surgeon General of the United States from 1982-1989 Wanda Koop, a Canadian painter Culture and entertainment Koop (band), a Swedish jazz duo consisting of Magnus Zingmark and Oscar Simonsson KOOP 91. ...

More information about Annah and how she coped with the transsexual condition can be found at her website, annah.rightsideout.net. Her music and art can be seen here: www.rightsideout.net.