LGBTQ+ Pride Month Speakers
Business Leaders, Athletes & Famous Celebrities Advocating for Equal Rights for the LGBTQ+ Community
Celebrated in June, Pride Month has honored the triumphs and struggles of the LGBTQ+ community for over 50 years and is the perfect opportunity to recognize and advance the ongoing fight for equal rights within the gay, lesbian, transgender, and other marginalized communities. Whether they’re contributing to diverse representation in media, fighting anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, or simply thriving in their careers as their truest selves, these inspiring LGBTQ+ keynote speakers are leading diversity and inclusion efforts across a wide range of industries. Find the perfect LGBTQ+ Pride Month speaker from the list below.
LGBTQ+ Pride Month Speakers
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Transgender Model & Advocate; Founder of Gender Proud
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Founder of Backstage Capital, Venture Capitalist, Tech Inclusion Activist & Host of "Your First Million" Podcast
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Television Host & Culture Expert on Netflix's "Queer Eye"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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First Transgender Man to Make Team USA, Transgender Advocate, Triathlete & All-American Duathlete
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Chicago, IL, USASpeaking Topics
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CNN & ESPN Columnist; Celebrated Voice on Sports, Race & Gay Rights
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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2022 Lambda Literary Award Winner, Comedian, Writer, Actor & Author of The Best-Selling Memoir "The One You Want to Marry (And Other Identities I've Had)"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Openly Gay Actor Known for “My So Called Life,” “Thirteen Reasons Why” & “Star Trek: Discovery”
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Executive Director of "Equality for HER", Activist & Mental Health Advocate
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Brooklyn, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Founder of TransTech Social Enterprises & Actress in the FX Drama "Pose"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Chicago, IL, USASpeaking Topics
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Actress & Singer; Known for "Pose"; HIV Awareness Advocate
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Please ContactSpeaking Topics
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6-Time U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year; Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist & FIFA Women's World Cup Champion; Pay Equity & LGBTQ Rights Activist
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Please ContactSpeaking Topics
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First Openly Gay Player In Major League Sports; Retired NBA Player; Equality Advocate
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Hawaiian Transgender Teacher & Community Leader
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Haleiwa, HI, USASpeaking Topics
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Actor Best Known for "Mean Girls"
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Gender Non-Conforming Writer, Performance Artist, LGBTQ Rights Activist
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Chicago, IL, USASpeaking Topics
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Pulse Nightclub Survivor, Activist, Changemaker & Thought Leader
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Orlando, FL, USASpeaking Topics
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Transgender Model, Activist & Artist
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Brooklyn, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Fashion Designer & TV Personality Known for Netflix's "Queer Eye"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Salt Lake City, UT, USASpeaking Topics
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategist and Consultant; Trans Rights Activist
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Mountain View, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Known For TED Talk on the Intersection of Civil Rights & LGBT Rights
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Brooklyn, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Broadway Actor & Grammy Award Winning Singer
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Mental, Emotional and Well-Being Expert, Licensed NLP Therapist, Motivational, Social & Emotional Intelligence Trainer, Wellness Advocate & Creator of Luminous Energetics
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Former Professional Basketball Player for the Seattle Storm; Olympic Gold-Medalist
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Seattle, WA, USASpeaking Topics
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Former World #1 Professional Tennis Player & Sports Icon; Advocate for Women's Equality
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Jeopardy! Champion & First Openly Transgender Contestant to Qualify for the Tournament of Champions
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Please ContactSpeaking Topics
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Author, Feminist, Transgender Rights Activist, TV Host & Founder of #GirlsLikeUs
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Transgender Model, Activist, Broadcaster & British Vogue Contributing Editor
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Transgender Activist; National Face of Transgender Student Rights
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Berkeley, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Nonbinary, Genderfluid Author of “How To Be You”
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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CEO of Sensory6.Ai; Former Head of Research & Design of Alexa Devices at Amazon; Board Chair & Design Fellow at Design Corps; CEO of CognitiveExperience.Design Foundation
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Activist, Entrepreneur, Author & Chairwoman of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Brooklyn, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Transgender Activist, Actor & TED Resident
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Grammy Award-Winning Actor & Singer Known for "Glee"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Founder & CEO of Radical Health
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Spoken Word Poet, Performing Artist & LGBTQ+ Rights Political Activist
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World-Renowned Chef, Author, Restaurateur, Contributing Editor, Television Host, Actress, Avid Philanthropist, Health and Fitness Expert & Lifestyle Entrepreneur
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Santa Barbara, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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DEI Truth Teller, HR Change Maker, Builder of Inclusive Cultures & Startup Enthusiast
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Austin, TX, USASpeaking Topics
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Transgender Actress, Model & Activist Known for HBO's "Euphoria"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USA -
Comedian, Writer, Activist & Correspondent for "The Daily Show"
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Author of "The Wake Up" & CEO of Awaken
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Oakland, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Managing Partner of Supply Change Capital & Founding Board Member of Latinx VC; Authority on Robotics & Agricultural Technology
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Actress, Model, Author & LGBTQ Advocate
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Atlanta, GA, USASpeaking Topics
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CEO of shift7; Entrepreneur, Engineer, Third U.S. Chief Technology Officer & Former Assistant to the President
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Washington, DC, USASpeaking Topics
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Chef, Model & TV Personality Known for Netflix's "Queer Eye"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Brooklyn, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Journalist, TV Personality, Anchor of CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360°"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Actor Known For His Roles in "Juno" & "Inception"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Transgender Rights Activist; Animator, Illustrator & Youtuber
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Laguna Hills, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Broadway Theater Performer, Actor & Singer
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Professional Skier, Olympic Medalist, Activist, Influencer & Actor
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Denver, CO, USASpeaking Topics
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Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer, ACLU
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Award-Winning LGBTQ Navajo Filmmaker & Emmy-Nominated Director
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Hair & Beauty Expert, Author, Television Personality; Known for Netflix's "Queer Eye"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Medical Ethics & Technology Expert; Creator of SiriusXM Satellite Radio; Chairman and CEO of United Therapeutics Corp
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Silver Spring, MD, USASpeaking Topics
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Star and Creator of "Special"; Author, LGBTQ Activist & Disability Advocate
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Emmy Award-Winning Comedian, Actress & Author
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Chicago, IL, USASpeaking Topics
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Founder of 5xminority, TEDx Speaker & Assistant Vice President and CIO for IT at the Graduate Center, CUNY
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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YouTube Personality, Comedian, Author & Actress; Former Host of NBC's "A Little Late with Lilly Singh"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Peruvian-American Explorer & Mountaineer; Author; Survivor of Sexual Violence; Founder and CEO of Courageous Girls
Speaking Fee:Travels From: San Francisco, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Attorney, LGBTQIA Advocate & Founder of the Chosen Family Law Center
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Actor & Trans Activist Known for "Faking It," "The Fosters" & "Shameless"
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Hairstylist, TV Personality, Entrepreneur & Author
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Theoretical Neuroscientist, Technologist, Entrepreneur & Co-Founder of Socos Labs
Speaking Fee:Travels From: San Francisco, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Host & Producer of Bravo’s "Watch What Happens: Live;" Former EVP of Development & Talent at Bravo
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Transgender Rights Activist; Executive Director of the Marsha P. Johnson Institute; Co-Founder of the Global Black Lives Matter Network
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Actor & LGBTQ Activist; Best-Known for “Modern Family”
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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First Black, Transgender, Disabled Model to Sign with a Major Agency
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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LGBTQ Educator & Consultant; Author of "This is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids"; Host & Producer of "First Person"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Please ContactSpeaking Topics
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Award-Winning Animator, Director, Screenwriter, Producer & Songwriter; Known as the Creator of "Steven Universe"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Machine Learning Engineer at Stanford Vision and Learning, Cancer Researcher & National Geographic Emerging Explorer
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Stanford, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Founder & Creative Director at Bobby Berk Home; Interior Designer on Netflix's "Queer Eye"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Queer Transgender Tamil-Sri Lankan-American Actor, Writer & Comic
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WNBA All-Star for Washington Mystics; Olympic Gold Medalist; Special Olympics Global Ambassador
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Wilmington, DE, USASpeaking Topics
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Transgender Activist, Writer & National Spokesperson for GLAAD
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Transgender Model, Dancer, Actress & Activist
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Gender Non-Conforming Model & Activist
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Goalkeeper for the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team; FIFA Women's World Cup Champion
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Orlando, FL, USASpeaking Topics
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Writer & Director of the Academy Award-Winning "Moonlight"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Fashion Icon, Former Co-Host & Mentor of "Project Runway"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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TV Personality & Fashion Designer; Best Known for "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Senior Fellow, Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy; Co-founder of Facebook & Former Editor-in-Chief at The New Republic
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Emmy-Nominated Actor Known for "The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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English Olympic Diver; Four-Time Olympic Bronze & Gold Medalist
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Plymouth, UKSpeaking Topics
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Reality Television Personality, Runway Coach & Author
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Paris, FranceSpeaking Topics
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Former NFL Cornerback; LGBT Advocate; Executive Director, You Can Play Project; Co-Creator, This is Luv Campaign
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Transgender, LGBTQ Rights Advocate, Author, Speaker
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Activist, Cancer Warrior & Sexuality Educator
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Brooklyn, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Best-Selling Author of "I Can't Date Jesus"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USA -
Actor and Digital Creator; GLAAD'S "Queer Advocate of the Year"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Transgender Activist, Computer Systems Architect, Internet Pioneer, Entrepreneur & Author
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Poway, CA, USA -
4x Olympic Gold Medal Diver, LGBT Activist & Author
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Malibu, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Pop Singer & Dancer; Member of the Former Boy Band *NSYNC
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Best-Selling Author Known for "Call Me by Your Name"; Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Structural Biologist & LGBT Advocate
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Alamos, NM, USA -
Former Judge on "America's Next Top Model", Host of Canada's "America's Next Top Model"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Drag Queen, Model & TV Personality; Host of "RuPaul's Drag Race"
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Actor, Singer & Activist Known for "The Hate U Give," "The Hunger Games" & "Everything, Everything"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Actor; Best Known for "Teen Wolf" & "Arrow"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USASpeaking Topics
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Award-Winning Writer & Director Known for "Pariah"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: New York, NY, USASpeaking Topics
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Former NFL Football Player, Social Justice Advocate, Published Poet, Essayist & Artist.
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Filmmaker, Writer & LGBTQ Advocate Known for "Bridegroom"
Speaking Fee:Travels From: Los Angeles, CA, USA
