Tiq Milan
Tiq speaks and writes about intersectional leadership, transgender rights, and racial justice. He shares stories of his life and how his transgender experience has informed his views on masculinity, race, and the gender binary. A journalist for over a decade, his work has appeared on MIC, Buzzfeed, NBC and CNN. He is also a strategic media consultant helping organizations and companies create detailed media campaigns that will engage diverse audiences in ways that are inclusive and authentic.
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Allyship in Motion
AIM helps professionals create communications and cultures that allow our differences to be a part of our models of success and not just an addendum to it. Through these talks, participants will learn easy to use tools and behavior changes that will have a big impact on communication, belonging and retention.
Often small efforts yield the greatest results. Therefore, being an agent of change and pillar of your values isn’t as daunting an undertaking as people think. We do this through creating expansive modes of communication and impactful systems.
Through Tiq’s inspiring personal story and over a decade of experience in communications and messaging, he eloquently presents how to create avenues to long standing success, retention and time management. -
AI, Ethics, & Impact: Leadership in the Age of Algorithms
As artificial intelligence becomes deeply embedded in how we lead, work, and communicate, many organizations are moving fast — often without fully considering the ethical consequences. Tiq Milan unpacks the myths and realities of AI, challenging the notion that efficiency alone should drive innovation.
Tiq will explore how AI is reshaping leadership — and why human-centered values matter more than ever. He will discuss how leaders can audit their tools, question their assumptions, and center the people who power their organizations.
Your audiences will learn:
- How AI intersects with inclusive leadership—and where it can reinforce bias
- The tension between efficiency and equity in the age of automation
- Why empathy, ethics, and inquiry are essential tools for future-fluent leaders
- How to lead from responsibility, not reactivity, in the face of rapid change
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Reimagining Manhood and Inclusion.
Tiq’s Ted talk, “A Queer Vision of Love and Marriage,” is presented alongside his former wife, has over one million views, and has been translated into over 15 languages. Tiq is a sought-after speaker that brings innovative and inspiring ideas to conversations about race, gender, and culture. He has spoken at Chicago Ideas Week, Summit at Sea, the Equity Summit, and countless conferences and events that are dedicated to moving the cultural needle towards one that is fairer and more inclusive.
Tiq has been most inspired by his years mentoring LGBT youth at the Bronx Community Pride Center and the Hetrick Martin Institute in New York City. He was able to witness firsthand the intersectional lived experiences of gay and trans youth and how it is affected by social systems put in place to help them. He was most recently the senior media strategist and national spokesperson for GLAAD where he utilized the media to call attention to the needs of the LGBT community, particularly transgender people of color.
Our speakers get attention.
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Tiq Milan Balances His Health, Fatherhood, and the Stereotypes of Masculinity as a Transgender ManTiq Milan is a speaker, humans right advocate, and journalist who is passionate about helping both transgender and cisgender men break down stereotypes surrounding what it means to be masculine.
