Darren Spedale is an entrepreneur and author.

He founded StartOut, an organization supporting LGBT entrepreneurs.

[1] He also founded Family by Design, a website supporting parenting partnerships.

[4] He is co-author with William Eskridge of Gay Marriage: For Better or For Worse?, which was published by the Oxford University Press in 2006.

[5] In December 2013 and again in March 2019, Business Insider named Spedale one of the "Most Important Gay People in Tech".