Emmett Patterson is a longtime queer & trans health activist, project manager, and writer. He takes a global, community-centered approach to his work, having organized with activists in the Middle East, North Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and the United States. Emmett studied Public Health and Gender & Sexuality Studies at American University and earned a graduate certificate in LGBT Healthy Policy & Practice at The George Washington University. He attributes his commitment to sexual health and liberation for himself and others to the wisdom of a lineage of HIV and AIDS, racial justice, and disability justice activists.