Tiq Milan (born July 14 in Buffalo, New York) is an American writer, public speaker, activist, and strategic media consultant.
[2][3][4][5][6][7] 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.
[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.
[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.
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.