X, a survivor of the Marjory Stoneman-Douglas High School shooting, is a gun control activist.
X co-founded Never Again MSD, a student-led committee that advocates for gun control reform.
(Iowa State University, 2024).
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Ezra is a trans and non-binary activist.
They advocate for accessibility, disability rights, intersectional feminism, and LGBTQ inclusion on college campuses.
(GLAAD, 2020).
Jazz serves as a youth ambassador for the Human Rights Campaign.
Her 2015 TLC series, I Am Jazz, highlighted the experience of growing up as a transgender teenager.
She founded the TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation, which aims to advocate for the acceptance of trans kids.
(GLAAD, 2020).
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Lil Nas X is the first openly gay Black music artist to win a CMA and Grammy music award.
He is committed to supporting the mental health of young LGBTQIA+ people.
(Multnomah County Library, n.d.).
Joshua is an Oji-Cree, Two Spirit storyteller from Peguis First Nation.
He writes about Indifeneity and 2QS (Two-Spirit, queer Indigeneity).
(Penguin Random House, n.d.).
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