Tiq Milan is a transgender cultural strategist, author and award-winning storyteller whose work and content sits at the intersection of identity, power and narrative.

His TED Talk, A Queer Vision of Love and Marriage, has surpassed 3 million views. He has performed with The Moth across 24 cities in the United States and twice in London and has keynoted at Harvard, Stanford and Brown. A former GLAAD National Spokesperson, Tiq has been featured in Netflix’s Disclosure and a GAP Global Pride campaign and sits on the boards of the American LGBTQ Museum, the LGBT Center and the Trans Genome Project at Mount Sinai.

As a journalist, media consultant and creator Tiq has contributed to BuzzFeed, NBC and CNN and has guided inclusive media campaigns with HBO and NBC News — including the rollouts of Suited and The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson. He has moderated conversations at the Toronto Film Festival, the Apollo Theater, NYU and Princeton. His speaking and workshop brand, Maps Not Monuments, centers equity-driven leadership, authentic storytelling and the transformative power of trans visibility.