lecture
Ruthie Berman & Connie Kurtz
From HBO/Cinemax' Ruthie & Connie: Every Room in the House, winner of 14 film festival awards, litigants for the right to marry in FL, speakers who inspire, transform and electrify audiences
Dan Choi
On March 19, 2009,
Lt. Dan Choi, a West Point graduate and Iraq veteran fluent in Arabic, announced that he was gay on The Rachel Maddow Show. Because of three words – “I am gay” – Lt. Choi’s life changed forever. Despite his extreme value as an Arabic speaker able to communicate quickly and clearly with the Iraqi people, one month after his announcement Lt. Dan Choi was notified that the Army had begun discharge proceedings against him. He was one of only eight soldiers from his graduating class who majored in Arabic.
larry flick
One of the most influential popular music journalists in the U.S., poised among the industry's top taste-making voices.
tami gold
Lesbian filmmaker with a documentary Every Mother's Son, about three mothers in New York City whose children have been killed by police and who transform their grief into an opportunity for profound social change. Acclaimed for Juggling Gender , Politics, Sex and Identity: a Portrait of Jennifer Miller and Still Juggling.
Mimi gonzalez
Gazing into the Crystal Brown Ball :
Tales, Truths and Predictions of a Post-Modern Latina Explorer
lz granderson
Senior Writer and Columnist for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com and a contributor to ESPN's Sports Center, Outside the Lines and First Take. This former Detroit gang member rose to be selected a Hechinger Fellow at Columbia University and has become the most visible openly gay man working in sports today. In his commentary, LZ has tackled taboo subjects such as use of the N-word in the black community, the presence of gays in the locker room, and the truths and lies of reverse rascism. He is the winner of a 2009 GLAAD award in online journalism, and his op-ed piece on cnn.com, "Gay is not the new black" ignited a national conversation on race, and sexuality.
rich kiamco
Critically acclaimed Filipino-American performer and writer lecturing on GAYSIAN in America, minority and queer culture, spirituality and politics
the kinsey sicks
"From Over-Achievas to Singing Drag Divas: How 4 Men Fashioned a Creative, Political, and Glamorous Career in an Unqueer World"
carrie & elisia ross-stone
Known as the "Rainbow Grannies, they bicycled across America to bring awareness to the issue of same-sex marriage. Carrie and Elisia are the subjects of a documentary film, A Time to Ride.
dan savage
His column, "Savage Love," is an internationally syndicated sex-advice column read by millions of people every week. Savage is the author of Savage Love, a collection of his advice columns, The Kid, an award-winning memoir about adoption, and Skipping Towards Gomorrah.
jason stuart
In addition to being an uproarious comic, Jason is now available as a lecturer with "Coming Out in Hollywood: Making It to the Middle"
donna rose
Donna’s story is more than simply a journey across gender. Although that may be the most obvious indicator, it is actually a much deeper journey of self-discovery, and of self-definition. She has been featured on Entertainment Tonight, in USA Today, in Marie Claire Magazine, and in many local and national media efforts as an advocate on transgender and transsexual issues
Rob smith
Rob has recently published well-received articles about his experiences serving in the U.S. Army under Don't Ask, Don't Tell and other gay political issues at The Huffington Post, USA Today, Salon.com, and AfterElton.com.
rose troche
Award winning writer, director, producer of both film and television. Her first feature, Go Fish (1994) was released to wide acclaim and has become a seminal film in the history of queer cinema. In 2004 Troche completed the pilot for Showtime’s The L Word and went on to direct, write and produce for the show’s six seasons.