Closing Plenary: Creating Change Conference 2023
thetaskforce.orgClosing Plenary: The Future Is Now This year’s closing plenary was one of the best in the conference’s 35-year history, and we also presented the Leather Leadership Award.
Our guests discussed their own LGBTQ+ advocacy efforts and personal stories while also discussing how the entertainment business and culture can be more inclusive and raise awareness of nuanced queer experiences promoting social change.
Discussion moderated by Task Force Executive Director Kierra Johnson. Dyllón Burnside Performer, Songwriter, Activist Dyllón Burnside is best known to audiences for his starring role as ‘Ricky’ on Ryan Murphy’s Emmy-nominated FX series, “Pose.” He is currently reunited with Ryan Murphy and can be seen in the record-breaking Netflix limited series “Dahmer,” in which he plays one of Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims In theater, Dyllón starred in the Broadway productions of “Thoughts of a Colored Man,’ and ‘Holler if Ya Hear Me’, a hip-hop musical inspired by the music and lyrics of Tupac Shakur.
He has appeared in NBC’s “Peter Pan Live!” and the HBO series “High Maintenance,” all while completing his final year at the prestigious CAP21 Conservatory for music theater and The New School where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Media Studies and Writing.
