Amber Hikes provides vision, leadership and direction for the ACLU's nationwide strategy to support equity, diversity and inclusion across all aspects of the organization's work and efforts.

France Villarta, a communications consultant for Wells Fargo, is passionate about exploring the intersectionality of gender, politics and culture.

Archie Crowley studies the relationship between language, gender and culture with the goal of bringing people together and working for justice for trans communities.

Journalist Steven Petrow writes about manners and civility.

Lindsay "Lindz" Amer creates LGBTQ+ and social justice media for kids and families.

In her documentary films, Yoruba Richen unites African-American, feminist and LGBTQ voices in a renewed cry for civil rights for all.

Lee Mokobe is a 20-year-old South African slam poet and co-founder of Vocal Revolutionaries.

Paula Stone Williams is a pastor, counselor, speaker, LGBTQ ambassador and gender equity advocate.

In 2016, Leslie Herod was elected to serve House District 8 in the Colorado House of Representatives and is the first LGBTQ+ African American to hold office in Colorado.

Hannah Gadsby skewers the straight world's dismissal and outright hostility toward the LGBTQ community in her stand-up sets, stage performances and television shows.

Already a tireless advocate for positive and honest portrayals of LGBTQ people in media, Tiq Milan now evangelizes for the unifying power of love.

Jenni Chang and Lisa Dazols made "Out & Around" to show the momentous changes in the status of LGBTQ equality -- all around the world.

Gabby Rivera is a Bronx-born, queer Latinx writer.

As a child actor, iO Tillett Wright turned his shoes around in the bathroom stall so that people would think he was a boy. As a teenager, he fell in love with both women and men. His life in the gray areas of gender and sexuality deeply inform his work as an artist.

Jonathan Williams likes to tell stories and throw parties, so he started a church that allowed him to do both.

Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa is a storyteller, a truth-teller, a builder and breaker trying to figure out what it means to be human in a world that removes so much of our humanity in order to survive.

Sarah Kay is a poet, performer, educator and the founder of Project VOICE, an organization that uses spoken word poetry to entertain, educate and empower students and teachers worldwide.

Samy Nour Younes is a trans actor and activist who highlights the diversity of the trans experience -- not just in their struggles, but also in their triumphs.

Cleo Wade creates uplifting messages, blending simplicity with positivity and arresting honesty.

Andrew Solomon writes about politics, culture and psychology.

Broadway and TV veteran Sara Ramirez challenges stereotypes even as she beguiles audiences.