
First ever Live QUEER Business ConferencE + Festival
CREATING A SPACE FOR BRANDS, ENTERTAINERS, & LGBTQ+ PROFESSIONALS TO CONNECT

THOUGHT LEADERS | INDUSTRY EXPERTS | CELEBRITY TALENT
LEARN ABOUT THE LATEST IN BUSINESS, ENTERTAINMENT, & CULTURE AT UNLEASHED LGBTQ+ 2024

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Unleashed LGBTQ+ hosts the biggest speakers in film, television, music, business, non-profit & tech for a fun & interactive, 3-day event. Find out about how you can share you project, ideas & visions for the future at Unleashed LGBTQ+ 2025 by submitting on link below. Submissions open February 19, 2025
PAST SPEAKERS, PANELIST, PERFORMERS
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ANTONI POROWSKI | QUEER EYE | NETFLIX
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INDYA MOORE | POSE | FX
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JAYMES BLACK | CEO | THE TREVOR PROJECT
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BILLY EICHNER | BROS | UNIVERSAL PICTURES
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DYLLÓN BURNSIDE | POSE | FX
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CHAD MANTOOTH & LEO CASIMANO | DALLAS VOICE
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STEVEN ROMO | NEWS CORRESPONDENCE | NBC
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DANIEL FRAZESE | MEAN GIRLS | PARAMOUNT
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ANOTONI POROWSKI
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ASHLEE KEATING | POP MUSICIAN
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APOLLO BAKOPOULOS | ALIGNED
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CHIRU ADAMS | DRAG LATINA | REVRY
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ZACH HERRIN | NASCAR DRIVER
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MELODÍA GUTIÉRREZ & RACHEL GONZALES | HRC
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KING FERDINAND LOVE | TALKING JUST 2 TALK PODCAST
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ANDY VALLENTINE & NICO TORTORELLA | THE MATTTACHINE FAMILY
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DANIEL WEBB | COMEDIAN | COMEDY CENTRAL
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MELISSA GROVE | LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT | LEGACY CARES
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Naomi Green, MBA (Crushing Limits) & Indya Moore (Emmy Award-Winning Show Pose, FX)
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Out Magazine’s Stephen Walker & Antoni Porowski (Emmy Award-Winning Show Queer Eye) Live Cooking Demonstration
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Jayzen Patria (Lead with your Brand) & Billy Eichner (Bros/Universal Pictures, Lion King/Disney)
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Stephen Walker (OUT Magazine) and Daniel Franzase (Mean Girls, Universal Pictures)
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Family Equality CEO, Stacey Stevenson
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Gary Sanchez (Visit Dallas) & Brian Sims (Former Penn. State Representative, Managing Director Out Leadership)
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Journalist/TV Personality, Shane Allen & Dr. Carlton M.D. (Gastrointestinal Physician, Consultant to White House & CDC)
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Naomi Green, MBA
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Matt Skallerud Founder/CEO Pink Media Marketing
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Timothy Bardlavens Product Executive, Cultural Strategist, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) specialist at Adobe
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Jayzen Patria | Lead with Your Brand
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Nico Tortorella (Walking Dead, AMC), Andy Vallentine (Filmmaker, The Mattachine Family), Arnold Wayne Jones (Jounalist, Film Critic)
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Openly Gay NASCAR Driver Zach Herrin and Journalist Alex Gonzalez
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Future of LGBTQ+ Media Panel- Jay Roecker (iHeart Media), Michel J Pelletier (equalpride media), Leo Cusimano (Dallas Voice), Marie Adélina de la Ferrière, (Pride.com)
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Antoni Porowski | Netflix - Queer Eye
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Dyllón Burnside (Emmy Award-Winning Show, POSE) with TV Personality/Journalist Shane Allen
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The Real Housewives of Dallas Star, LeeAnne Locken & Fashion Corespondent Steve Kemble
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Filmmaker: Apollo Bakopoulos & Actors Dimitris Fritzelas & Nick Atkinson— Winner of Best Foreign Film: Aligned
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DEI Consultant, Speaker, & Author of Empowering Differences, Ashley Brundage
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Unleashed LGBTQ+ Founder/CEO, Wesley Smoot with Dallas Deputy Mayor, Carolyn King Arnold— Ribbon Cutting
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Brian Sims, Michel j Pelletier, Wesley Smoot, Dr. Carlton
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Indya Moore & Wesley Smoot
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LaMecia Butler (Program Manager for Meta Global Supplier Diversity), Abby Stason (Author of Evolution Revolution: Conscious Leadership In An Information Age), Graham Nolan, Logan Wick, MBA
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Breakout Conversations with Unleashed LGBTQ+ Founder/CEO, Wesley Smoot
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Patrick Driscoll, Ben Stokes,
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Melodia Gutierrez (HRC) & Regina Lyn Pierce (Black Tie Dinner)
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Terry Brown, JoAnne Asenime, Adam Lewis
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Black Tie Dinner: 40 years of Impact Panel
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HRC (Human Rights Campaign) with Dyllón Burnside (Emmy Award-Winning Show, POSE)
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Dallas Voice Publisher, Leo Cusimano
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Best Drama: The Mattachine Family, Actor Nico Tortorella (Walking Dead) & Director Andy Vallentine
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Out Magazine's Stephen Walker & Equal Pride's Michel J Pelletier
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JoAnne Asenime, Tyra, Tammany Stern
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Gary Riggs, Dyllón Burnside, Wesley Smoot
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Human Rights Campaign Activation
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Media Lounge with Dr. Carlton, M.D. (Gastrointestinal Physician, Consultant to White House & CDC) & Jerry Houston (PRIDE Radio/iHeart Radio)
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Raising Capital Panel with Chasing Rainbows & START OUT at Virgin Hotel
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Meta Diversity Supplier Panel