Meet the leaders from Gender Cool

“I wanted to be that role model and teacher in a community that I knew that I needed when I was a kid. And so I knew that it was, I guess, kind of on my shoulders, a calling to make sure that I did that.” - Harry (he/him) “Seeing a teacher who was out and being successful in life meant a lot to me, not just because of just the representation of that and seeing that this isn't something that's extremely rare in the South, that it’s something that can be normalized.” - Kolby (he/him) After Harry started teaching…

“We are a group of individuals that come together and make some beautiful art together. We are full of artists and artistry and we're all about following your dreams, dreaming in color, and being authentic to yourself. Because at the end of the day, we want to not only be ourselves authentically to the world, but we want to inspire everybody who watches us, who looks up to us to follow their dreams.” - RiRi (she/her) The Nextkidz was founded in 2017 and features LGBTQ dancers and allies who hail from the Bay Area. They use dance to build community,…