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.

Garrard Conley

Author of the bestselling memoir Boy Erased

June Eric-Udorie

Feminist activist and editor of Can We All Be Feminists?

Robert Jones, Jr.

Creator of Son of Baldwin and author of The Prophets

Sarah McBride

Delaware State Senator-elect, LGBTQ activist, and National Press Secretary for the Human Rights Campaign

Bryan Washington

Award-winning author of Lot and Memorial

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Jennifer Finney Boylan

Author of the bestselling memoir She's Not There and celebrated LGBTQ activist

Olivia Gatwood

Poet, educator, and author of Life of the Party

Carlos Andrés Gómez

Poet, speaker, educator and advocate for healthy masculinity

Jedidiah Jenkins

Travel writer, environmental advocate, adventurer, and memoirist.

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

Megha Majumdar

Editor at Catapult and author of A Burning

Protected: Chanel Miller

Artist, activist, and author of the New York Times bestseller Know My Name

Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz

Cardiologist and author of the New York Times bestseller Zoobiquity

Jenny Nordberg

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

Robbie Rogers

Retired LA Galaxy Star and LGBTQ Advocate

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