• Walter L. Williams: professor at USC, specializing in GLBT history;
• Cleve Jones: friend and advisor to Harvey Milk (portrayed by Emile Hirsch in Milk), founder of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt;
• Torie Osborn: former Executive Director of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force;
• Jennifer C. Pizer: Senior Counsel and Marriage Project Director for Lambda Legal;
• Sheila Kuehl: first gay or lesbian person elected to the state assembly of California;
• Waiyde Palmer: former West coast organizer of ACT UP!;
• John A. Pérez: assemblymember of the 49th district of California, in Los Angeles;
• Marc Solomon: former Executive Director of Mass Equality, Marriage Equality Director of Equality California;
• Surina Khan: Vice President of Programs for the Women’s Foundation of California, former executive director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission;
• Roland Palencia: Director of Community Benefits at L.A. Care Health Plan, former Chief of Operations and Vice-President of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation;
• Talia Mae Bettcher: Director of the Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities at California State University in Los Angeles, author;
• Jacob Hale: professor in the Department of Philosophy at California State University, Northridge;
• Rick Jacobs: founder the Courage Campaign, former Senior Advisor to Democracy for America, co-founder of Brave New Films, a director of the Liberty Hill Foundation;
• Chris Freeman: lecturer at University of Southern California in 20th century gay and lesbian studies, author;
• Julius Nam: associate professor of religion at Loma Linda University School of Religion in California, commissioned minister of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

If you’re interested in meeting some of these speakers face-to-face and picking their brain for a while, we encourage you to sign up for the Breakfast with History event!