Tiq Milan has strategized with national news media outlets about fair and accurate reporting on transgender people.
10 Facts About Tiq Milan
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Tiq Milan is a national spokesperson discussing the latest developments in transgender rights, and has been featured on CNN's Reliable Resources, The Katie Couric Show, MSNBC's Ronan Farrow Daily, Steven Petrow's, "Civilities," MTV News, NewsNation with Tamron Hall, Out There with Thomas Roberts, and is a regular contributor on HuffPost Live.
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Tiq Milan has written for Ebony, BET, PolicyMic, and The New York Times.
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Tiq Milan is a contributing author to the anthology Trans Bodies, Trans Selves and the former editor-in-chief of IKONS Magazine, an LGBT pop culture magazine.
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Tiq Milan documented his transition in the GLAAD-Award nominated documentary, U People and Realness.
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Tiq Milan has appeared in videos on Upworthy, and for LGBTQ Funders Men and Boys of Color Initiative.
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Tiq Milan was featured on MTV's reality series I'm From Rolling Stone, where he competed for a Contributing Editor position at Rolling Stone.
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Tiq Milan was featured in the national media campaign, Live Out Loud's Homecoming Project.
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Tiq Milan is a GLAAD Spirit Day Ambassador, encouraging millions of people to "go purple" as a sign of support for LGBT youth and to speak out against bullying.
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Tiq Milan has been involved with LGBT youth work in New York City for the past decade.