Tiq Milan is a transgender cultural strategist, author and award-winning storyteller whose work sits at the intersection of identity, power and narrative. As National Director of Trans In Demand, he brings two decades of cultural leadership to the work of building a roster of trans creators, entertainers, tastemakers and storytellers who are not just reflecting culture — they are shaping it.

His TED Talk, A Queer Vision of Love and Marriage, has surpassed 3 million views. He has performed with The Moth across 24 cities in the United States and twice in London and has keynoted at Harvard, Stanford and Brown. A former GLAAD National Spokesperson, Tiq has been featured in Netflix's Disclosure and a GAP Global Pride campaign and sits on the boards of the American LGBTQ Museum, the LGBT Center and the Trans Genome Project at Mount Sinai. He is also the Executive Producer of the GLAAD Award-nominated documentary Beyond The Aggressives: 25 Years Later, which debuted on Showtime in 2024.

As a journalist and media consultant, Tiq has contributed to BuzzFeed, NBC and CNN and has guided inclusive media campaigns with HBO and NBC News — including the rollouts of Suited and The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson. He has moderated conversations at the Toronto Film Festival, the Apollo Theater, NYU and Princeton.