LGBTQ + Gender Issues Speakers

As advocates for LGBTQ and gender issues, these author speakers share their stories and explore the complexity of human experience in love, identity, and expression.

Sarah McBride

LGBTQ activist and National Press Secretary for the Human Rights Campaign

Nic Stone

New York Times-bestselling author of Dear Martin and Odd One Out

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Tania Katan

Creative disruptor, inspirational speaker, and co-creator of the viral campaign #ItWasNeverADress.

Ariel Levy

Author of the New York Times-bestselling memoir The Rules Do Not Apply

Jenny Nordberg

Award-winning investigative reporter, foreign correspondent, and author of The Underground Girls of Kabul

Ocean Vuong

Poet and author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Hanya Yanagihara

National Book Award finalist, Man Booker Prize finalist, and author of A Little Life