Jasper Fforde, an ally who has queered English Literature

Benjamin Alire Saenz, award-winning poet, and author of “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe,” which has been banned in several places

Curtis Chin, writer, producer, director, and activist

Anne Myles, poet and professor of early America literature

Jesse Leon, social impact consultant

Larry Duplechan, actor, singer, and award-winning author

Juliet Patterson, creative writing and literature instructor at St. Olaf College

Xavier Axelson, LA-based columnist

Donald Mengay, professor of Queer and Post-Humanist Literature

Mark S. King, activist, blogger, essayist, and actor, who won a car on “The Price Is Right”