…on coming out
We speak to model, speaker and activist Jules Guaitamacchi and Associate Professor of American and Gender Studies, Michael Stambolis about gender identity and coming out.
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Jules is a non-binary model, public speaker, LGBTQIA+ awareness trainer, mental health advocate, social campaigner and freelance writer.
Jules talks publicly and openly to raise awareness of gender diversity and promote trans inclusivity and equality. They started professionally public speaking in 2013 advocating for conversations around mental health and resilience in Britain’s schools. They’ve been featured in Vogue Business, BBC News Beat, BBCthree, Vice, The Independent, Cosmopolitan, Pink News, Refinery29 and more.
Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer is a sociologist and Associate Professor of American and Gender Studies at the Université Bordeaux Montaigne.
With a focus on gender and sexuality from an international perspective, his research examines how people interact through political, legal, and scientific institutions to create social change and meaning.