Steven Fales is a professional actor who first came to national attention with his critically acclaimed, autobiographical Off-Broadway one-man play, Confessions of a Mormon Boy directed by Tony Award-winner Jack Hofsiss. Having rubbed shoulders with professionals and protestors, prostitutes and prophets, the multi-talented Fales is a self-proclaimed "Oxy-Mormon" who shares his humorous, compassionate, and clear-eyed perspective of the world through his writing and performing.
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Award-winning author and journalist Neil Miller looks at the changing lives of gays and lesbians in small communities across the United States and around the globe in his acclaimed books "In Search of Gay America" and "Out in the World." His most recent book, "Sex-Crime Panic: A Journey to the Paranoid Heart of the 1950's," shows the dark chapter in history where the personal lives of gay men in America's heartland were destroyed.
Cheryl Ann Costa wears many hats: she is a security engineer, a practicing Buddhist, a theater producer, a playwright and a trans-woman. Costa crossed the boundary of gender when she transitioned from male to female in the mid nineteen-eighties. In her presentation she discusses the differences between "Sex" and "Gender" and her personal journey through life with courage, conviction, and healthy dose of humor.
Richard Mohr has written on social issues affecting gay and lesbian Americans. One of the country's leading advocates for lesbian and gay marriage, his essay "Gay Basics" has been anthologized over thirty times. Richard is the author of "Gays/Justice: A Study of Ethics, Society, and Law"; "Gay Ideas: Outing and Other Controversies"; "A More Perfect Union"; and "The Long Arc of Justice: Lesbian and Gay Marriage, Equality, and Rights".
In his workshops and multi-media presentations, Gay, Greek and Proud, Leif Mitchell shares his personal triumph of being out in a college fraternity. He draws on his experience and knowledge of gay and lesbian issues as they relate to students to provide audiences with concrete ways to make their fraternities and sororities more inclusive of gay, lesbian and bisexual people.
Comedian and Actress, Diana Yanez, tells a powerful and fantastically funny,personal account of growing up Cuban, Catholic and closeted in Miami!
