Meet the Speakers

Robert Sachs

Speaker Topics:

• Involvement with the LGBT community
• Coming out experience
• Experiences being an LGBT person of color
• Maintaining religious beliefs
• Family acceptance
• Health & wellness concerns within the LGBT community
• Out in leadership positions on campus
• Homophobia (including personal experiences with hate crimes and discrimination)
• Living with stereotypes (both outside and within the LGBT community)
• Dating

Norman Chootong

Speaker Topics:

• Involvement with the LGBT community 
• Coming out experience Experiences being an LGBT person of color 
• Family acceptance LGBT political & media issues 
• Out in leadership positions on campus 
• Coming out in the workplace 
• Homophobia (including personal experiences with hate crimes and discrimination) 
• Living with stereotypes (both outside and within the LGBT community) 
• How to be a better ally

Kevin Steen

Speaker Topics:

• Involvement with the LGBT community
• Coming out experience
• Family acceptance
• LGBT political & media issues
• Out in leadership positions on campus
• Coming out in the workplace
• Homophobia (including personal experiences with hate crimes and discrimination)
• Living with stereotypes (both outside and within the LGBT community)
• Dating
• Being LGBT and an international student (Outside of the United States)
• How to be a better ally

Dawson Ray

Speaker Topics:

• Involvement with the LGBT community
• Coming out experience
• Out in sports
• Out in leadership positions on campus
• Coming out in the workplace
• Homophobia (including personal experiences with hate crimes and discrimination)
• Living with stereotypes (both outside and within the LGBT community)

Elena Ferri

Speaker Topics:

• Involvement with the LGBT community
• Coming out experience
• Family acceptance
• Coming out in the workplace
• Living with stereotypes (both outside and within the LGBT community)
• Dating
• Being LGBT and an international student

Frank Cheng

Speaker Topics:

• Involvement with the LGBT community
• Coming out experience
• Experiences being an LGBT person of color
• Maintaining religious beliefs
• Gender identity/expression
• Living with stereotypes (both outside and within the LGBT community)

Albert Chang

Speaker Topics:

• Involvement with the LGBT community
• Coming out experience
• Experiences being an LGBT person of color
• Family acceptance
• Out in leadership positions on campus
• Homophobia (including personal experiences with hate crimes and discrimination)

Quin Adney

 Speaker topics:

• Involvement with the LGBT community
• Coming out story
• Gender identity/expression
• Family acceptance
• LGBT political & media issues
• Out in Greek Life
• Out in leadership positions on campus
• Coming out in the workplace
• Dating

Serena Au

Speaker topics:

• Involvement with the LGBT community
• Coming out story
• Experience being an LGBT person of color
• Gender identity/expression
• Family acceptance
• Out in leadership positions on campus
• Coming out in the workplace
• Homophobia (including personal experiences with hate crimes and discrimination)
• Living with stereotypes (including both oustide and within the LGBT community)
• Dating

Austin Coleman

Speaker Topics:

• Gender Identity/Expression
• Coming Out Story
• Family Acceptance
• LGBT political & media issues
• Out in Greek Life
• Out in leadership positions on campus
• Coming out in the workplace
• Living with stereotypes (both outside and within the LGBT community)
• Dating

Christine Crowley

Speaker Topics:

• Involvement with the LGBT community
• Your coming out experience
• Gender identity/expression
• Family acceptance
• LGBT political & media issues
• Health & wellness concerns within the LGBT community
• Out in leadership positions on campus
• Coming out in the workplace
• Homophobia (including personal experiences with hate crimes and discrimination)
• Living with stereotypes (both outside and within the LGBT community)
• Dating

Joshua DeMilta

Speaker topics:

• Involvement with the LGBT community
• Coming out story
• Gender identity/expression
• Family acceptance
• LGBT political & media issues
• Out in sports
• Out in leadership positions on campus
• Coming out in the workplace
• Homophobia (including personal experiences with hate crimes and discrimination)
• Living with stereotypes (both outside and within the LGBT community)
• Dating
• How to be a better Ally

Nick Maher

Speaker topics:

• Involvement with the LGBT community
• Coming out story
• Gender identity/expression
• Family acceptance
• LGBT political & media issues
• Out in leadership positions on campus

Luis Maldonado

Speaker topics:

• Involvement with the LGBT community
• Coming out story
• Experiences being an LGBT person of color
• Gender identity/expression
• Family acceptance
• LGBT politican & media issues
• Health & wellness concerns within the LGBT community
• Out in Greek Life
• Out in leadership positions on campus
• Coming out in the workplace
• Homophobia (including personal experiences with hate crimes and discrimination)
• Dating

Khristopher Patrick

Speaker Topics:

• Gender Identity/Expression
• Coming Out Story
• Experience being an LGBT person of color
• Family acceptance
• Out In leadership positions on campus
• Living with stereotypes (both outside and within the LGBT community)
• Dating

Adam Rei Siegel

Speaker topics:

• Involvement with the LGBT community
• Coming out story
• Experiences being an LGBT person of color
• Family acceptance
• LGBT political & media issues
• Out in Greek Life
• Out in leadership positions on campus
• Homophobia (including personal experiences with hate crimes and discrimination)
• Living with stereotypes (both outside and within the LGBT community)
• Dating
• How to be a better Ally

Keshav Tyagi

Speaker topics:

• Involvement with the LGBT community
• Coming out story
• Experiences being an LGBT person of color
• Challenges/Rewards with religion and spirituality
• Family acceptance
• Out in leadership positions on campus
• Homophobia (including personal experiences with hate crimes and discrimination)
• Living with stereotypes (both outside and within the LGBT community)
• Dating
• How to be a better Ally

Luke Vandekieft

Speaker Topics:

• Gender Identity/Expression
• Coming Out Story
• Maintaining Religious Beliefs
• Family Acceptance
• LGBT political & media issues
• Health & wellness concerns within the LGBT community
• Out in leadership positions on campus
• Homophobia (including personal experiences with hate crimes and discrimination)
• Coming out in the workplace
• Living with stereotypes (both outside and within the LGBT community)
• Dating

Cynthia Wang

Speaker Topics:

• Gender Identity/Expression
• Coming Out Story
• Experience being an LGBT person of color
• Family Acceptance
• LGBT political & media issues
• Out in leadership positions on campus
• Homophobia (including personal experiences with hate crimes and discrimination)
• Coming out in the workplace
• Living with stereotypes (both outside and within the LGBT community)
• Dating

Paige Battcher

Speaker Topics:

• Involvement with the LGBT Community
• Your coming out experience
• Gender identity/expression
• Family acceptance
• Out in sports
• Coming out in the workplace
• Homopobia (including personal experiences with hate crimes and discrimination)
• Living with stereotypes (both outside aand within the LGBT community)

Missy Dominguez

• Involvement with the LGBT community
• Coming out experience
• Experiences being an LGBT person of color
• Gender identity/expression
• LGBT political & media issues
• Family acceptance
• Being LGBT and a member of a Fraternity or Sorority
• Out in leadership positions on campus
• Coming out in the workplace
• Homophobia (including personal experiences with hate crimes and discrimination)
• Living with stereotypes (both outside and within the LGBT community)