*TEAM
Advisory Committee
We are deeply grateful for the advice and direction we received from a distinguished Advisory Committee of leading LGBTQ+ activists and scholars.
A. Sparks
Executive Director,
Masto Foundation (CA)
Masto Foundation (CA)
Alice Y. Hom, PH.D.
Executive Director,
Change Philanthropy (CA)
Change Philanthropy (CA)
Alok Vaid-Menon
Performance Artist, Author,
Femme in Public (NY)
Femme in Public (NY)
Alyce Emory
Co-Founder,
Executive Director,
Beyond Bold and Brave/ Black Lesbian Conference (NY)
Executive Director,
Beyond Bold and Brave/ Black Lesbian Conference (NY)
Amelie Zurn, MSW
Social Worker & Queer Health
Activist, Founding Director,
Lesbian Services, Whitman- Walker Health (D.C.)
Activist, Founding Director,
Lesbian Services, Whitman- Walker Health (D.C.)
Honorable Andrea Jenkins
Vice President of the
City Council, Minneapolis (MN)
Bianca D. M. Wilson, PH.D.
Senior Public Policy Scholar,
Williams Institute, UCLA (CA)
Williams Institute, UCLA (CA)
Cathy Cohen Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor,
University of Chicago
Founder Black Youth Project (IL)
University of Chicago
Founder Black Youth Project (IL)
Coya White Hat-Artichoker
Program Officer
Ms. Foundation
Ms. Foundation
Dean Spade, Esq.
Professor of Law, Seattle
University School of Law (WA)
University School of Law (WA)
Ignacio G. Rivera, M.A.
Founder, HEAL Project (MD)
Imani Woody, PH.D.
Founder and CEO of Mary’s
House for Older Adults (D.C.)
House for Older Adults (D.C.)
Jack Harrison-Quintana
Founder of Grindr’s Global
Human Rights Program, Grindr 4 Equality (D.C.)
Human Rights Program, Grindr 4 Equality (D.C.)
Juan Battle, PH.D.
Presidential Professor,
Graduate Center CUNY,
Co-Founder of the Social Justice Sexuality Initiative (NY)
Graduate Center CUNY,
Co-Founder of the Social Justice Sexuality Initiative (NY)
Loraine Hutchins
Bi Movement Leader,
Author of Bi Any Other Name (MD)
Author of Bi Any Other Name (MD)
M. V. Lee Badgett, PH.D.
Distinguished Scholar,
Williams Institute, UCLA (CA)
Williams Institute, UCLA (CA)
Mandy Carter
Founder, Southerners
on New Ground (NC)
Mary Anne Adams
Founding Executive Director,
ZAMI NOBLA (GA)
ZAMI NOBLA (GA)
Sandra Nathan, PH.D.
Managing Director of
Operations, Humanity
United (NY)
Sandy E. James, Esq., Ph.D.
Research/Project Director,
2015 U.S. Transgender Survey (MD)
2015 U.S. Transgender Survey (MD)
Suzanne Goldberg, Esq.
Professor of Law, Columbia
Law School (NY) and Deputy
Assistant Secretary for
Strategic Operations
and Outreach, Office of
Civil Rights (DC)
Tonia Poteat, M.D
Simmons Scholar,
Social Medicine Faculty,
University of North Carolina School of Medicine (NC)
Social Medicine Faculty,
University of North Carolina School of Medicine (NC)
Study Team
In this next stage of our work, three people will be leading different aspects of our work to make the survey data accessible to community partners to to strengthen their advocacy, organizing, policy making, research and service work.
Carla Sutherland, Ph.D.
Executive Director,
Justice Work
Justice Work
Alyasah Ali Sewell, Ph.D.
Survey Research Director
Emory University
Emory University
Jaime M. Grant, Ph.D.
Survey Co-Founder
Editor, Report Writing Team