KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Known For TED Talk on the Intersection of Civil Rights & LGBT Rights

Culinary Historian & Author of "Rice: A Savor the South Cookbook"

CNN & ESPN Columnist; Celebrated Voice on Sports, Race & Gay Rights

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

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

Queer Culture Historian; 2022 TED Global Visionary; Award-Winning Journalist & Writer

Public Historian, Equity Advocate & Award-Winning Author Known for "Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells"

Author of "Heads of the Colored People"

Author, Feminist, Transgender Rights Activist, TV Host & Founder of #GirlsLikeUs

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

Writer, Researcher, Social Entrepreneur, Author of "The Diversity Gap: Where Good Intentions Meet True Cultural Change" & Host of "The Diversity Gap" Podcast

Attorney, Author & LGBTQ Rights Activist; Motivational Disability Speaker; Founder of the Trans People of Color Coalition

Transgender Activist, Writer & National Spokesperson for GLAAD

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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)"

Co-Founder of Very Smart Brothas & Author of "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker"

Award-Winning Author of "Halsey Street" & "What’s Mine and Yours"

Best-Selling Author Known for "Call Me by Your Name"; Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature

National Organizer, Diversity and Inclusion Specialist & Trans Activist