If you are looking to build a company culture with a strong foundation of respect and understanding, an LGBTQ+ speaker can prove to be a vital resource. Proven to contribute to healthier work cultures and increase productivity, these experts create a more welcoming environment for LGBTQ+ employees, many of whom hide their sexuality in the workplace, thereby assisting with employee retention and teamwork.  

Our hand-picked selection of top LGBTQ+ speakers includes athletes, artists, and mad scientists sure to educate and inspire audiences of every stripe and leave a lasting impact.

Briana Scurry is a U.S. Soccer legend, brain injury awareness advocate, and champion LGBTQ+ motivational speaker. After a debilitating concussion led to an untimely retirement, she pivoted, making use of her incredible willpower and harnessing the visibility she enjoys as a top athlete to educate and advocate.

Mad scientist Vivienne Ming is a top theoretical neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and passionate speaker on the topics of AI and LGBTQ+ inclusion in tech. Frequently featured in The Financial Times, The Atlantic, and the New York Times, she works with several nonprofits and organizations on AI systems that vary from monitoring and treating diabetes and reuniting orphaned refugees with extended family members.

Entrepreneur, tech and economics thought leader and top LGBTQ+ keynote speaker Leanne Pitsford is the CEO & Founder of Lesbians Who Tech, a community focused on visibility, intersectionality, and creating opportunity for its 40,000 members. An active mentor, creator of the Tech Jobs Tour, and a hiring and retention expert, she provides a font of inspiration for the next generation of tech talent.

Brit Barron is a natural connector and experienced storyteller who uses her own life experiences to shed light on universal truths. Growing up in an evangelical church, she was boxed in by fear and constraint, but life and love have brought her to a point where she can share her authentic self and help others address issues surrounding race, gender, and sexuality.

DE&I expert and nationally recognized speaker Jonathan Lovitz is the Senior VP at the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce. An advocate for equal opportunity and empowerment, his message is suitable for any audience, but especially effective with college and university students looking to make a difference in their communities.

Mariangela “M’ Abeo is a mental health advocate, podcast host, and photographer with a focus on suicide prevention and overcoming the stigma around sharing stories of loss and grief. A community leader whose work in the field is considered to have created essential healing spaces, their work as both a speaker and artist provides space for celebrating resilience and survival.

The exuberant Jonathan Van Ness is a stylist, media darling, and LGBTQ+ keynote speaker  best known for his role as the self-care and grooming expert in the 2018 reboot of Queer Eye. With unstoppable energy and his background in the media business, he is an expert on social issues and current events relevant to all. 

Writer, director and producer Scottie Madden is an expert and deeply insightful leadership and LGBTQ+ keynote speaker who shares stories of her dual journeys in her personal life and career as a top survival show runner. With clarity, wit and humor, she discusses her struggles as a late-stage trans woman, confronting societal and familial expectations, and eventual success on her own terms.

Activist, artist and  LGBTQ+ keynote speaker Io Wright is a mentor by nature dedicated to making it easy to address the unfamiliar and uncomfortable. With a warm, humorous approach to examining biases and expanding our understanding of ourselves and others, his gentle guidance leaves audiences with shifted perspectives and a well of inspiration.

Hip-hop artist and prominent LGBTQ+ speaker Taylor Bennett is a dedicated philanthropist and activist who makes use of his status as one of the industry’s few accepted openly bisexual talents to engage others in the effort to foster individuality and provide support for homeless LGBTQ+ youth.