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Transgender Activist, Rapper & Performance Artist

A fearless artist at his challenging yet melodic best

Matt Ellison

Inspiring Transgender Speaker & Gender Equality Activist

 Ellison has something to offer all audiences, including healthcare professionals, businesses.

Transgender Activist, Actor & TED Resident

Samy Nour Younes Figaredo is a proud multi-hyphenate

Gavin Grimm

Transgender Activist; National Face of Transgender Student Rights

Grimm’s writing has been published in the Washington Post, People Magazine, the New York Times, and TIME Magazine.

Transgender Rights Activist; Animator, Illustrator & Youtuber

she has ultimately concluded that Social Media is a powerful

Author, Playwright, Trans Trailblazer, Performance Artist & Gender Theorist

Since 1989, trans trailblazer Kate Bornstein

Actress, Model, Author & LGBTQ Advocate

Amiyah Scott is an actress, model, author,and LGBTQ advocate best known for her role as Cotton on Lee Daniels' "Star" on Fox.

Transgender Model & Advocate; Founder of Gender Proud

Geena Rocero, born and raised in Manila, Philippines, is an Award Winning Producer, Writer, Director, Model, Public Speaker.

Jessica Williams

Actress, Comedian, Former Correspondent on "The Daily Show" & Co-Host of the "2 Dope Queens" Podcast

Jessica Williams is an actress and comedian who was formerly a senior correspondent on "The Daily Show".

Jonathan Perry

Gay Student Activist

Jonathan Perry is a graduate of Johnson C. Smith University,

EDM & Dance-Pop Singer-Songwriter Known for "I Don't Want It All"

Kim Petras is a German singer and songwriter who specializes in English-language EDM and dance-pop.

Kathy Griffin

Emmy Award-Winning Comedian, Actress and Television Personality

Two-time Emmy winner, NY Times bestselling author, Grammy nominee, 2009's GLAAD Vanguard recipient and 2011

Lydia X. Z. Brown

Disability Justice Advocate, Attorney, Writer

Lydia X. Z. Brown is an abolitionist disability justice advocate.

Kimberlé Crenshaw

Civil Rights Advocate & Leading Scholar in Critical Race Theory

Kimberlé Crenshaw, Professor of Law at UCLA and Columbia Law School.

Writer, Producer, Showrunner & Director

Gloria Calderón Kellett is the executive producer, co-creator, co-showrunner, director and actress.

Filipino-Canadian Actor; Known For NBC Comedy "The Good Place"

Manuel Luis Jacinto is a Filipino-born Canadian actor. After several small appearances on television, his breakout role came in 2016.

Ellen McGirt

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

Ellen McGirt is an editor at FORTUNE, where she established the race and leadership beat in 2016.

Writer & Social Activist Known for Her Work on Issues of Race & Identity; Author of "So You Want to Talk About Race"

Ijeoma Oluo (ee-joh-mah oh-loo-oh) is a writer, speaker and internet yeller.

Senior Diversity Consultant, Motivational Speaker & Workshop Facilitator

As a biracial, bicultural, and bilingual citizen of the world, Dr. Samuel Betances has worked in all fifty states.

Dionne Brand

Canadian poet, novelist, documentarian, essayist

Dionne Brand was born in Guayaguayare, Trinidad and Tobago.

Travis Nembhard

Administrative Law Judge at the DC Department of For-Hire Vehicles

Travis Nembhard is an Administrative Law Judge, Lawyer, and advocate. He oversees hearings.

Chely Wright

Singer-Songwriter, Author & Gay Rights Activist

Country music star Chely Wright is a singer, songwriter, author and gay rights activist.

Kara Walker

Visual Artist; Best Known for her Room-Size Tableaux of Black Cut-Paper Silhouettes that Examine America's Racial and Gender Tensions

Kara Walker is best known for her room-size tableaux of black cut-paper....

Award-Winning Transgender Actress, Producer & Equal Rights Advocate

With various ‘firsts’ in her already impressive career, Laverne Cox is a four-time Emmy-nominated actress.

Liz Dozier

Founder & CEO of Youth Equity Platform Chicago Beyond; Star of CNN's Documentary Series "Chicagoland"

From education to activism, Liz Dozier has spent her career working tirelessly to disrupt the culture of inequity.

First Black, Transgender, Disabled Model to Sign with a Major Agency

Aaron Philip is a teenage model with cerebral palsy. Living through financial struggles as a child in a homeless shelter.

Transgender Rights Activist; Executive Director of the Marsha P. Johnson Institute; Co-Founder of the Global Black Lives Matter Network

Elle Hearns is an organizer, speaker, strategist, and writer. Hearns' voice as a community organizer and speaker.

Gender & Sexuality, Diversity, Entertainers, Theatre, Black Heritage, Artists, Cross-Cultural Understanding, For Diversity Events, Diversity Topics, Literary, Celebrity

A Theatrical Performance

"Sex, Love, And Other Stuff" is the new Cabaret-style choreopoem by James Chapmyn.

Performance Lecturer, Justice Strategist, Facilitator, Vocalist & Founder of RAPtivism

Aisha Fukushima is a Performance Lecturer, Justice Strategist, Singer-Songwriter, and RAPtivist (rap activist).

Teacher Educator & Author of "Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain"

Zaretta Hammond, M.A. is a national consultant and author of “Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain

Activist & Sexuality Educator

Ericka Hart is a Black Queer Femme activist, writer, highly acclaimed speaker, and award-winning sexuality educator.

Human Rights Defender, Racial Equity Strategist

Valeriana Chikoti-Bandua was born into this world as a refugee, she is indigenous to the Ovimbundu tribe...

Writer, Diversity Consultant & Feminist

Mikki Kendall is a writer, diversity consultant, and occasional feminist who talks a lot about intersectionality.

Xernona Clayton

Civil Rights Leader, Broadcast Executive, Founder, President & CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation

Xernona Clayton is the Founder, President and CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation, Inc.

British model, Award-Winning Asexual Activist,

Yasmin Benoit is a British model, award-winning asexual activist, writer, speaker.

Dr. Ebony Butler

Licensed Psychologist; Food Relationship Strategist; Trauma Expert & Podcast Host

Dr. Ebony Butler's work as a Food Relationship Strategist....

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Assistant Professor at Princeton University, Writer & Activist

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor writes and speaks on Black politics, social movements, and racial inequality in the United States.

Staceyann Chin

Spoken Word Poet, Performing Artist & LGBTQ+ Rights Political Activist

Staceyann Chin is a spoken word poet, actor, and performing artist. She is the author of the new poetry collection.

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Golden Globe Award-Winning Actress & Film Producer; Gender & Racial Equality Advocate

Jessica Michelle Chastain is an American actress. She began her Hollywood career in guest-roles on a few television series, before making her feature film debut in the drama Jolene (2008), and gained…