Michael Roberson (he/him) is a public health practitioner, advocate, activist, artist, curator, and leader within the LGBTQ community. He is the co-creator of the nation’s only Black gay research group and National Black Gay Men’s Advocacy Coalition, as well as an adjunct professor at The New School University-Eugene Lang College and Union Theological Seminary NYC. He is an international art and politics consultant and a member of the international sound art collective titled “Ultra-red.” Michael is scholar-in-residence for the Center for Race, Religion, and Economic Democracy, as well as a recent TED Media resident, where he performed a global TED talk about the underground Black/Latinx House/ball ballroom community, titled “The enduring legacy of ballroom."