LGBT Resource Center
USC Student Affairs

Meet the Speakers

Robert Sachs

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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)

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Missy Dominguez

Speaker Topics:
  • 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)