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Meet one of the artists, disruptors, educators, groundbreakers, innovators, and storytellers who all helped make the world a better place for LGBTQ+ people.
Raffy is a Los Angeles-based writer, editor, video creator, and critic.
Raffy is a Los Angeles-based writer, editor, video creator, and critic.
As JJLA’s founder and CEO (and Outloud Music Festival’s founder and executive producer), Jeff Consoletti describes his role as a “ fun maker,” “confetti blaster,” and “community builder.” Indeed, those seeking a blast of queer joy this year had only to swing by Outloud at WeHo Pride. Kesha, Janelle Monae, Kylie Minogue — they were all there, along with a buoyant and inclusive crowd.
Consoletti, who has also produced Oscars and Super Bowl activations, described this event as a “pinnacle moment of success…. Watching the diverse crowd of attendees come together to experience pure joy, it doesn’t get better than that for a music fan and an event producer.”
Be it a party or politics, Consoletti knows the power of showing up. “Whether continuing to work for marriage equality, gender-affirming care, women’s rights, adoption, or the many facets of everyday life that still impact so many LGBTQ+ persons here in America and globally, we must realize we are stronger together in that fight, and we must never let our guards down. We can’t leave a single queer person behind.” @jeffcons
Meet some of the artists, disruptors, educators, groundbreakers, innovators, and storytellers who all helped make the world a better place for LGBTQ+ people.
Daniel Reynolds is the editor-in-chief of Out and an award-winning journalist who focuses on the intersection between entertainment and politics. This Jersey boy has now lived in Los Angeles for more than a decade.
Daniel Reynolds is the editor-in-chief of Out and an award-winning journalist who focuses on the intersection between entertainment and politics. This Jersey boy has now lived in Los Angeles for more than a decade.
Johann Moonesinghe is the CEO and founder of inKind, an ingenious app that rewards diners with credit for supporting their favorite restaurants (inKind gives businesses funding in exchange for food and beverage credits for users).
The app has marked a milestone year, exceeding 1 million users — 1.4 million at the time of this reporting. Moonesinghe, a foodie, personally owns and operates restaurants in order to improve his business model. One establishment, the Guest House, is currently the top-rated restaurant in the company’s base city of Austin. The entrepreneur and angel investor (Uber, Allbirds) grew up in a working-class family with parents who emigrated from Sri Lanka. Today, he is a successful, proudly gay man with a loving husband. But he knows the fight for LGBTQ+ equality in the U.S. and abroad is far from over.
“We’ve come a long way, but we’re still far from the finish line. I encourage our community and our allies not to take anything for granted, but also to recognize and celebrate the progress being made every day — whether big or small.” @johannmoon
