Ross Murray

Ross Murray is a Vice President at the GLAAD Media Institute and has secured national media interest in stories that bring examples of LGBTQ equality across diverse communities in America. Ross is also a founder and director of The Naming Project, a faith-based camp for LGBTQ youth and their allies and a producer for the “Yass, Jesus!” podcast, a faith and sexuality affirming podcast that believes you don’t have to pick between gay and God. Ross is an ordained Deacon in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, with a specific calling to advocate for LGBTQ people and to bridge the LGBTQ and faith communities. His next book, The Everyday Advocate: Living Out Your Calling to Social Justice will be available in May of 2023. He is a member of the 2021 OUT100 and was named one of Mashable’s “10 LGBT-Rights Activists to Follow on Twitter.”