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

SPEAKERS | PANELISTS

JAYMES BLACK

CEO | THE TREVOR PROJECT

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ASHLEE KEATING

SINGER | SONGWRITER | PERFORMER

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LEO CUSIMANO

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Daniel Webb

COMEDIAN | WRITER | MUSICIAN

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Jim Fielding

AUTHOR | FORMER DISNEY EXECUTIVE

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MELISSA GROVE

FORMER DIRECTOR OF LEGACY COUNCELING

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STEVEN ROMO

NBC NEWS

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DR. NEIL THOMAS

SENIOR PASTOR | CATHEDRAL OF HOPE

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MICHAEL HENDRIX

FOUNDER | LESLIE MAGAZINE

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Melodía Gutiérrez

TEXAS STATE DIRECTOR | HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN

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Rachel Gonzales

ADVOCATE | HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN

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RICHARD SAENZ

COUNSEL, CRIMINAL JUSTICE & POLICE MISCONDUCT STRATEGIST | LAMBDA LEGAL

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SHELLY SKEEN

REGIONAL DIRECTOR | LAMBDA LEGAL

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Wesley Smoot

ENTREPRENEUR | FOUNDER UNLEASHED LGBTQ+

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Dr. Steven Pounders M.D.

HIV SPECIALIST | ADULT PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN

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BROOKE NICKERSON-HENDERSON

DIRECTOR/CEO | LEGACY CARES

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SHANNON MITCHELL-PERCELL

CHAIRMAN| LEGACY CARES

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RAFAEL MCDONNELL

RESOURCE CENTER

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THEO LOVE

SINGER | SONGWRITER | PERFORMER

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NAOMI GREEN

ENTREPRENEUR | CRUSHING LIMITS

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MICHAEL H. DEWBERRY

FOUNDING DIRECTOR/CEO | PRIDE MUSEUM OF TEXAS

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Jenny Block

AUTHOR | BE THAT UNICORN

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Apollo Bakopoulos

FILMMAKER | ALIGNED

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Brian Kennedy

LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR

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MITCHELL WEST

NEXTAR MEDIA

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Wil TURNER

LIFE COACH | LIVING WELL WITH WIL

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Adrian Cardwell

BADGE OF PRIDE

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SETH KNIEVEL

PROFESSOR UNT | LGBTQ+ HISTORIAN

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Eugene Alviar

QUEER HISTORY SPECIALIST

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Gabe Gentry

REGENERATIVE BEE FARM

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DR MANN HANSON

COMMON GROUND GAMES | CINÉWILD

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CLINT THOMSON

DFW MSP

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BETZY VAZQUEZ

B369 CONSTRUCTION

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Naomi Green, MBA (Crushing Limits) & Indya Moore (Emmy Award-Winning Show Pose, FX)

Out Magazine’s Stephen Walker & Antoni Porowski (Emmy Award-Winning Show Queer Eye) Live Cooking Demonstration

Jayzen Patria (Lead with your Brand) & Billy Eichner (Bros/Universal Pictures, Lion King/Disney)

Stephen Walker (OUT Magazine) and Daniel Franzase (Mean Girls, Universal Pictures)

Family Equality CEO, Stacey Stevenson

Gary Sanchez (Visit Dallas) & Brian Sims (Former Penn. State Representative, Managing Director Out Leadership)

Journalist/TV Personality, Shane Allen & Dr. Carlton M.D. (Gastrointestinal Physician, Consultant to White House & CDC)

Naomi Green, MBA

Matt Skallerud Founder/CEO Pink Media Marketing

Timothy Bardlavens Product Executive, Cultural Strategist, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) specialist at Adobe

Jayzen Patria | Lead with Your Brand

Nico Tortorella (Walking Dead, AMC), Andy Vallentine (Filmmaker, The Mattachine Family), Arnold Wayne Jones (Jounalist, Film Critic)

Openly Gay NASCAR Driver Zach Herrin and Journalist Alex Gonzalez

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)

Antoni Porowski | Netflix - Queer Eye

Dyllón Burnside (Emmy Award-Winning Show, POSE) with TV Personality/Journalist Shane Allen

The Real Housewives of Dallas Star, LeeAnne Locken & Fashion Corespondent Steve Kemble

Filmmaker: Apollo Bakopoulos & Actors Dimitris Fritzelas & Nick Atkinson— Winner of Best Foreign Film: Aligned

DEI Consultant, Speaker, & Author of Empowering Differences, Ashley Brundage

Unleashed LGBTQ+ Founder/CEO, Wesley Smoot with Dallas Deputy Mayor, Carolyn King Arnold— Ribbon Cutting

Brian Sims, Michel j Pelletier, Wesley Smoot, Dr. Carlton

Indya Moore & Wesley Smoot

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