Tiq Milan

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Tiq Milan
BornJuly 14
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
OccupationWriter • public speaker • activist
Employer GLAAD
Known for LGBTQ activism
Spouse Kim Katrin Milan (m. 2014; div. 2019)
Partner Jodie Patterson (2019-present)
Website tiqmilan.com

Tiq Milan (born July 14 in Buffalo, New York) is an American writer, public speaker, activist, and strategic media consultant. Past positions have included national spokesperson for GLAAD and senior media strategist of national news for GLAAD, [1] and mentor and teacher at the Hetrick-Martin Institute (an LGBTQ youth nonprofit organization in NYC). His advocacy, LGBTQ activism, and journalism has been recognized nationally. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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Media training and advocacy work

Through his work at GLAAD, Milan has trained national transgender advocates like CeCe McDonald, [8] Geena Rocero, [9] and participants of MTV's "Laverne Cox Presents: The T-Word [10] to develop messaging and best practices for crafting their stories and maximizing impact. [11] [12] He has also strategized with national news media outlets about fair and accurate reporting on transgender people. [13] [14]

He is a national spokesperson discussing the latest developments in transgender rights, and has been featured on CNN's Reliable Resources, [15] The Katie Couric Show, [16] MSNBC's Ronan Farrow Daily, [17] Steven Petrow's, "Civilities," [18] MTV News, [19] NewsNation with Tamron Hall, [20] Out There with Thomas Roberts, [21] and is a regular contributor on HuffPost Live. [22] [23]

Milan and his ex-wife, Kim Katrin Milan, were featured in Out's LOVE Issue. [24]

Writing, film, and TV

Milan has written for Ebony, [25] BET, [26] [27] PolicyMic, [28] and The New York Times . [29] [30] He is a contributing author to the anthology Trans Bodies, Trans Selves [31] and the former editor-in-chief of IKONS Magazine, an LGBT pop culture magazine. [32]

Milan documented his transition in the GLAAD-Award nominated documentary, U People and Realness. He has appeared in videos on Upworthy, [33] and for LGBTQ Funders Men and Boys of Color Initiative. [34] He was featured on MTV's reality series I'm From Rolling Stone , where he competed for a Contributing Editor position at Rolling Stone . [35]

Projects and campaigns

Milan was featured in the national media campaign, Live Out Loud's Homecoming Project. The campaign sent successful LGBT people back to their hometown high schools to share knowledge, experience and lessons learned. [36] He is a GLAAD Spirit Day Ambassador, encouraging millions of people to "go purple" as a sign of support for LGBT youth and to speak out against bullying. [37] [38] He and his wife were invited to MTV's the talk, part of the larger "Look Different" campaign. [39]

Tiq, Wade A. Davis, and Darnell L. Moore co-organized the This Is Luv campaign to elevate Black LGBTQ Affirming Love and combat stereotypes of Black communities being more homophobic than other communities. [40]

LGBT youth work

He has been involved with LGBT youth work in New York City for the past decade. [41] At Hetrick-Martin Institute, he ran the CDC program, Comprehensive Risk Counseling and Service, an HIV prevention intervention to create healthy relationships around sex and sexuality for homeless, marginally housed and out-of-home gay and transgender youth. [42] He built workshops around self-esteem, intersectionality, and sex positivity to assist youth in developing and growing self-awareness. He has advocated and trained about LGBT issues at high schools across New York City, and a returning guest lecturer at Lehman College's MSW program to discuss gender and sexuality with graduating social workers. [43]

Awards and recognition

Professional affiliations and community service

Milan is the co-chair for the LGBT Taskforce of the National Association of Black Journalists, Advisory Committee member of advocacy organization, Gender Proud, Programming Subcommittee at Hetrick-Martin Institute, and advisory board member for upcoming documentaries, Deep Run [50] and What I'm Made Of. [51]

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  2. ↑ Kellee Terrell, Health Hero: Amplifying the Voices of Black LGBT Youth, October 16, 2014.
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  5. ↑ Audrey Cash, Worshipping Each Other: Public Possibility Models of Black Queer Love, May 13, 2014.
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  11. ↑ National People of Color Media Institute.
  12. ↑ Transgender Advocates Media Training Archived 2015-02-04 at the Wayback Machine .
  13. ↑ Tiq Milan, About Me.
  14. ↑ Erin Rook, We're Off to Philly for a Media Diversity Conference, The Source Weekly, Mar 12, 2015.
  15. ↑ CNN Reliable Resources, Twist Leads to Tragedy, Tiq Milan and Christina Kahr.
  16. ↑ GLAAD Blog, Laverne Cox, Tiq Milan and Chase Strangio on Katie Couric Archived 2015-02-04 at the Wayback Machine .
  17. ↑ GLAAD Blog, Tiq Milan talks #FreeMarichuy on MSNBC Archived 2015-02-04 at the Wayback Machine .
  18. ↑ Civilities: Steven Petrow and GLAAD's Tiq Milan on Transgender Etiquette, July 15, 2014.
  19. ↑ gil kaufman, After Leelah Alcorn’s Death, These Trans Activists Want You To Think Differently About Gender, January 10, 2015.
  20. ↑ NewsNation with Tamron Hall, Transgender Teen Starts National Conversation, January 2, 2015.
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  27. ↑ Tiq Milan, Commentary: There are many faces of LGBT people of color, BET.com, August 12, 2013.
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  34. ↑ Funders for LGBTQ Issues, Tiq.
  35. ↑ MTV Docu/Reality Series Trailer.
  36. ↑ "Home". Live Out Loud. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
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  39. ↑ Why Is MTV Black-And-White? Because It’s Time We Had #THETALK.
  40. ↑ HuffPostLive, #ThisIsLuv: Elevating Black LGBTQ Affirming Love, February 25, 2015.
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  44. ↑ 10 Black LGBT Trailblazers on the rise, July 2014.
  45. ↑ BET Celebs, 10 Transgender People You Should Know, 2014.
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