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PFLAG Talks
Speaker Series
Our speaker series hosts nationally recognized experts, providing our community with information and inspiration. If you missed any of these talks you can watch them below or on our YouTube channel.
Daniel Brook
Daniel Brook
September 16, 2025, Virtual
We talked with Daniel Brook, author of "The Einstein of Sex," about the life of Magnus Hirschfeld, a pioneering queer therapist, theorist, and activist who resisted the Nazis, and learn why his groundbreaking work -- and its attempted erasure -- still resonates today.
Ora Prochovnick is a civil rights attorney & queer family law expert, as we dig into the real legal risks—and rights—for trans youth and their families.
Dr. Joanna Harper, is a scientist, author, and expert on transgender and intersex athletes. She holds a PhD in exercise science and currently works as a postdoctoral scholar at Oregon Health & Science University. She has advised organizations like the International Olympic Committee on gender eligibility policies and authored Sporting Gender, a book exploring the science and debate around gender-diverse athletes.
Dr. Harper has been quoted on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and most recently quoted in the New York Times Magazine’s cover story about trans athletes in college sports.
Adrian James Hyyrylainen-Trett is the VP of External Relations for the Federation of Gay Games and the first nonbinary UK gold medalist.
Adrian brings lived experience and global insight into what inclusion really looks like in sports - and why it matters now more than ever.
This event was not recorded.
Ben Greene
Ben Greene
April 22, 2025
Virtual presentation about resilience and self care for LGBTQ+ folks and allies with Ben Greene.
Ben Greene is a transgender advocate and educator who has spoken internationally on topics surrounding transgender inclusion. After coming out at 15 in a small town, Ben has devoted his career to spreading empathy, education, and storytelling around the trans experience. Whether it's for NASA, Johnson & Johnson, or over 100 PFLAG chapters, Ben leads with joy. He is the author of the substack "Good Queer News", as well as the book "My Child is Trans, Now What? A Joy Centered Approach to Support". He is a fierce advocate for transgender youth, regularly speaking in their defense at the Missouri State Capitol, and he is passionate about educating others from a place of compassion—no matter where they’re starting from.
Nico Lang (they/them) is a nonbinary award-winning journalist with over a decade of experience covering the transgender community’s fight for equality. Their work has appeared in major publications, including Rolling Stone, Esquire, The New York Times, Vox, The Wall Street Journal, Salon, Harper’s Bazaar, Time, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. Lang is the creator of Queer News Daily and previously served as the deputy editor for Out magazine, the news editor for Them, the LGBTQ+ correspondent for VICE, and the editor and cofounder of the literary journal In Our Words. Their industry-leading contributions to queer media have resulted in a GLAAD Media Award, 10 awards from the National Association of LGBTQ Journalists (NLGJA), and three awards from the Los Angeles Press Club, including the 2023 Online Journalist of the Year. Lang is also the first-ever recipient of the Visibility Award from the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF), an honor created to recognize their impactful contributions to reporting on the lives of LGBTQ+ people.
