An associate professor of history at the University of Kansas at Lawrence and author of Teaching Sex: The Shaping of Adolescence in the 20th Century.

Thomas Holman is a professor of marriage, family and human development at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He wrote “The Teaching of Non-marital Sexual Abstinence and Members’ Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors: The Case of Latter-Day Saints” for the Review of Religious Research.

Stanley Carlson-Thies is founder and senior director of the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance, which has called for a “Fairness for All” approach to religious freedom and LGBTQ rights. He previously worked on faith-based initiatives for the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations.

The Point Foundation grants scholarships to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students. Contact Eugene Patron, director of marketing and communications.

The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and Leadership Institute works to elect LGBT leaders to public office in order to change America’s politics for the support of “true equality” for all. Aisha C. Moody-Mills is the president and CEO.

Gender Odyssey-Family Conference is a the first stand-alone national conference for families of gender non-conforming and transgender children.

Campus Pride is an organization that works to create a safer and more inclusive LGBT environment on college campuses nationally.

Tim Gill is founder and chairman of the Denver-based Gill Foundation, which says it is the largest private foundation in the U.S. focusing on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights. It provides grants through the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado.

National Center for Transgender Equality is a social justice organization dedicated to the advancement of equality of transgender people through advocacy and empowerment. Contact executive director Mara Keisling.