Tiq Milan

Tiq Milan
BornJuly 14
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
OccupationWriter • public speaker • activist
EmployerGLAAD
Known forLGBTQ activism
SpouseKim Katrin Milan (m. 2014; div. 2019)
PartnerJodie Patterson (2019-present)
Websitetiqmilan.com

Tiq Milan (born July 14 in Buffalo, New York) is an American writer, public speaker, activist, and strategic media consultant. Past positions have included national spokesperson for GLAAD and senior media strategist of national news for GLAAD[1], and mentor and teacher at the Hetrick-Martin Institute (an LGBTQ youth nonprofit organization in NYC). His advocacy, LGBTQ activism, and journalism has been recognized nationally.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ GLAAD Staff, Tiq Milan.
  2. ^ Kellee Terrell, Health Hero: Amplifying the Voices of Black LGBT Youth, October 16, 2014.
  3. ^ "Training cops to help transgender crime victims". america.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  4. ^ "WATCH: Being Black & Transgender". Black Enterprise. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  5. ^ Audrey Cash, Worshipping Each Other: Public Possibility Models of Black Queer Love, May 13, 2014.
  6. ^ Senah, Jorteh. "Profile: Tiq Milan, Transgendered "IKON" – COLLIDE". Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  7. ^ "SRLP's Reina Gossett talks trans people in the media with Laverne Cox, Kye Allums and Tiq Milan". SRLP (Sylvia Rivera Law Project). 2013-09-26. Retrieved 2024-01-14.