Author Bios

Ariel Gold is the national co-director of CODEPINK: Women for Peace.

Ivy Brashear is the Appalachian transition coordinator at the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development. She has written for Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, Huffington Post and Next City.

Titi Yu is a freelance documentary producer, director based in New York City. Yu has produced for PBS, HBO, NBC and other independent documentaries. Yu's work focuses on social movements, human …

Yihwa Kim is a domestic and sexual violence survivor from South Korea who unsuccessfully sought asylum in the United States.

Laura A. Jacobs, LCSW-R (New York, NY) is a trans and genderqueer-identified psychotherapist, writer, activist, and public speaker working with transgender and gender-nonconforming, LGBTQ+, and sexual/gender diversity issues.

Laura Erickson-Schroth, MD, MA (New York, NY), is a psychiatrist working with LGBTQ people in New York City. She is the editor of Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, a resource …

C. Heike Schotten is associate professor of political science and an affiliated faculty in women's and gender studies. Her research interests lie at the various intersections of queer theory, …

The Rev. Dr. Emilie M. Townes, a distinguished scholar and leader in theological education and Dean of the Vanderbilt Divinity School. She is also the E. Rhodes and Leona …

Ayu Sutriasa is the web production and social media assistant at YES! Magazine. She is actively engaged in the #bodypositive movement. Follow her on Twitter: @ayu_sutriasa. 

Rejane Frederick is an associate director for the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress. Follow her on Twitter: @Frederc10.