Presenter biographies will be linked below as they become available. Final program subject to change.
To open the conference, journalist and scholar Steven Thrasher moderates an open-ended conversation among a diverse set of activists about changes (or not) in U.S. LGBTQ politics since the Obergefell decision, and the path forward from here. Confirmed participants include storyteller, editor, and writer Hari Ziyad; bisexual activist and educator Robyn Ochs; Trans Justice Funding Project director Gabriel Foster; political organizer and strategist Paulina Helm-Hernandez; and long-time LGBTQ movement leader Urvashi Vaid.