Cheryl Ann Spector (February 3, 1958 – September 4, 2007) was a well-known gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender activist who lived in Arlington, Virginia. Spector was born in Lakewood Township, New Jersey, and raised in Toms River, New Jersey. She attended Toms River High School North, where she said that she had planned to learn to teach Spanish in college. She was raised Jewish and later baptized as a Christian, but continued to celebrate both faiths and attended services at the Metropolitan Community Church of Washington and at Bet Mishpachah, both welcoming religious communities for gays.