Harper Steele

Creator Context

Summary

Emmy-winning comedy writer and former SNL head writer (2004–08) who has self-described her politics/comedy as “purple-haired woke.” A publicly out trans woman, she stars in the 2024 Netflix documentary Will & Harper, books as an LGBTQ speaker, has spoken on trans rights, executive-produced a 2026 doc on transmasculine youth, and appears at pride and workplace-inclusion forums while saying she wants a larger activist role.