Bethany M. Coston is a sociologically-trained activist scholar who has spent time in both NYC and Michigan educating, protesting, and participating in research on sexualities, violence, health and wellness, the institution of medicine, and community organizing. Bethany spends most of their time with community-based and grassroots organizations/groups that work to end LGBTQ+ and same-sex intimate partner violence and make victims’/survivors’ lives physically and psychologically better in the process. Bethany is an Assistant Professor of Health and Queer Studies in the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies department at Virginia Commonwealth University.