Rob Kirby, cartoon/graphic novel creator, collaborator, and editor

Richard D. Mohr, journalist, and professor of philosophy, classics, and queer literature

Royce Hall, actor, recording artist, screenwriter, poet, spoken word artist, musician, and sketch artist

Robert Hofler, theater critic, former entertainment and managing editor

Lisa Bunker, former state legislator and radio station program director

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

Wayne Goodman in conversation with Jesse Leon, social impact consultant