Threshold Strategies
Providing legal and policy strategy on civil rights issues with an emphasis on the LGBTQI+ community, state and national nondiscrimination law, legislative and administrative advocacy, the intersections between justice and mental health, and safety planning for advocates and organizations at risk of being targeted for their work.
Policy Strategy
Develop issue-based policy campaigns to achieve equality using legislation, litigation, and administrative advocacy, from local trials to nationwide implementation
Writing & Speaking
Cultivate conversations around law and policy analysis rooted in evidence-based practices and a human-centered approach to storytelling that changes hearts and minds
Coalition Building
Build connections and strengthen relationships between key stakeholders, including government leaders, national nonprofits, faith institutions, schools, and local organizers
Trainings
Deepen individual and group engagement with the LGBTQIA+ community, the history of civil and human rights, civics and government affairs, suicide prevention, nonprofit management, and more
Facilitation & Coaching
Get support navigating the unique demands of nonprofit leadership and reimagine the structures in which we house the work of justice
Media
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The Fight for LGBTQ Rights, Justice by Design with Kimberly Atkins Stohr
You’ll Miss Your Office for Civil Rights When It’s Gone, Academic Distinctions: A Podcast to Make Sense of American Education
Trans Rights, Tough Conversations, and Taking a Stand: A Fireside Chat with Dr. Rachel Levine & Sam Ames, Engage for Good
Trans Faith Leaders, Activists Call for Faith-Based Fight for Trans Rights, Washington Blade
Leadership is Not Morally Neutral: A Conversation between Tim McCarthy & Sam Ames, Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Social impact Review
Political Targeting: The Pandemic Exacerbates Mental Health Struggles of LGBTQ Youth, PBS News
New Florida Bill Would Ban Talk of Sexual Orientation in Classrooms, Scripps News
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Bad Medicine: How Secretary Kennedy Is Jeopardizing LGBTQ Lives, Newsweek, 2025
Trans Day of Visibility: The Small Group of Legislators Working on Anti-Trans Bills Won’t Win, Teen Vogue, 2022
This Trans Day of Remembrance There’s No Happy Ending, and Other Reasons for Hope, Medium, 2022
Say More than Gay: How LGBTQ-Inclusive Education Can Save Lives, Refinery 29, 2022
Intersex People Can No Longer Be Sidelined in the LGBTQ+ Movement, The Advocate, 2021
Ohio Lawmakers Need to Listen to Experts on the Health of Trans Youth, Dayton Daily News, 2021
What You Need to Know About Trans Rights in a New Era, UU World, 2021
A Beginner’s Guide to the Endgame: What You Need to Know About the LGBTQ Supreme Court Cases, Medium, 2019
Transgender Suicide is More than a Mental Health Issue, The Advocate, 2018
Intersex People Won’t Be Erased, The Advocate, 2018
The U.N.’s Collective Gasp When Addressing Conversion Therapy, The Advocate, 2014
Why the U.N. Must Consider the Cruelty Behind Ex-Gay Therapy, The Advocate, 2014
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Spirits of Resistance: Heroes in the Fight against Enslavement, American Reading Company, 2021
Shark Shivers: Tire Eaters, Nap Monsters, and Other Perfect Predators, American Reading Company, 2020