The Hearts

Queer activist, scholar, social worker; LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapist; Founder, Borderland Rainbow Center

James (sculptor and poet) and Annabel (painter and philanthropist) are twin souls in one body

Transgender activist and advocate, ED of Black Trans Women, Inc and creator of Marsha’s Plate podcast

LGBTQ+ community activist; advocates for gender and merit-based equity in broadcasting and journalism

Internationally-acclaimed gay Border novelist and poet, winner of Lambda Literary and Pen Faulker awards

A voice for LGBTQ+ acceptance in faith communities; author, public theologian; founder of FreedHearts

Non-binary LGBTQ+ activist, historian, and filmmaker in RGV; co-creator of documentary, Pansy Pachanga

Dallas activist; LGBTQ youth advocate; Texas Appleseed community organizer; founder, Cereal and Civil Rights

community activist for HIV+ and LGBTQ black folks; founder and CEO of Abounding Prosperity in south Dallas

Fronterizo/x queer artist whose work emotes queerness, powerful femininity and ancestral/cultural knowledge

Non-binary documentary photographer & video journalist in RGV; International Women’s Media Foundation Fellow

Genderqueer activist for social justice; educator and facilitator; owner of Daring Dialogues Consulting

Openly trans woman of color; advocate for rights and dignity of trans community; creator of Trans Griot blog