Glenn D. Magpantay, Esq. is a long-time civil rights attorney, professor of law and Asian American Studies, and LGBTQ rights activist. He is the principal of Magpantay & Associates: a nonprofit consulting and legal services firm, and a Soros Equality Fellow at the Open Society Foundations. He teaches Asian American issues and racial justice at the intersection of queerness at Hunter College/ CUNY. He is the author of over 25 published works and served as Principal Investigator for Apicha’s LGBTQ API needs assessment.