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United States Tiq Milan is an American writer, public speaker, activist, and strategic media consultant, focusing on LGBTQ+ advocacy and inclusive leadership.
Tiq Milan has served as the national spokesperson and senior media strategist for GLAAD, using data-driven strategies to engage media in appropriate and impactful ways concerning LGBTQ+ issues. He also worked with GLAAD on the "First Time I Saw Me" initiative with Netflix and was a GLAAD Spirit Day Ambassador.
Tiq Milan was interviewed for a new initiative by Netflix and GLAAD called “First Time I Saw Me,” alongside Elliot Fletcher, Jamie Clayton and Jazz.
Tiq Milan worked as a mentor and teacher at the Hetrick-Martin Institute, an LGBTQ+ youth non-profit organization in NYC, where he ran the CDC program, Comprehensive Risk Counseling and Service, an HIV prevention intervention. He also serves on the Programming Subcommittee.
Milan was featured in the national media campaign, Live Out Loud's Homecoming Project. This campaign aimed to send successful LGBT people back to their hometown high schools to share knowledge, experience and lessons learned.
Tiq Milan was featured on MTV's reality series "I'm From Rolling Stone" where he competed for a Contributing Editor position at "Rolling Stone." He and his ex-wife were also invited to MTV's "the talk," part of the larger "Look Different" campaign.
Tiq Milan was born on July 14 in Buffalo, New York. His career has focused on LGBTQ+ advocacy, writing, and public speaking. He has shared his experiences as a transgender man, which informs his views on masculinity, race, and gender. He travels across North America to discuss healthy masculinity, inclusive leadership, and effective communication. Milan has spoken at universities including Harvard, Stanford, and Brown, where he has presented on using inclusion as a tool for innovation and provided practical strategies for meaningful interactions.
Throughout his career, Milan has held significant roles, including national spokesperson for GLAAD and senior media strategist for national news at GLAAD. In these positions, he utilized data-driven strategies to engage media in appropriate and impactful ways regarding LGBTQ+ issues. He also served as a mentor and teacher at the Hetrick-Martin Institute, an LGBTQ+ youth non-profit organization in New York City, where he worked with homeless, marginally housed, and out-of-home gay and transgender youth on HIV prevention. Milan is also a former editor-in-chief of IKONS Magazine, an LGBT pop culture publication.
His work includes training national transgender advocates such as CeCe McDonald and Geena Rocero, helping them develop messaging and craft their stories for maximum impact. He has also advised national news media outlets on fair and accurate reporting on transgender individuals. Milan has been featured on various media platforms, including CNN’s “Reliable Resources,” “The Katie Couric Show,” MSNBC’s “Ronan Farrow Daily,” MTV News, and “NewsNation with Tamron Hall.” He is a contributing author to the anthology “Trans Bodies, Trans Selves” and has written for “Ebony,” BET, PolicyMic, and “The New York Times.”
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