Panel: Atheism & LGBT Activism (2014 National Convention)

Marsha Botzer, Greta Christina, Zack Ford, and Nick Fish speaking on a panel at the 2014 American Atheists National Convention in Salt Lake City, UT

Marsha Botzer has served the LGBT and progressive communities in various roles for over 35 years. Marsha is a founding member of Equality Washington and a founding board member of Equal Rights Washington. She was cochair of the Seattle City LBGT Commission and founded Seattle’s Ingersoll Gender Center. Marsha has served as co-chair of The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and as a national co-chair of the Obama Pride Campaign.

Greta Christina is a writer on topics including atheism, sexuality, LGBT issues, politics, and culture. She is the author of Why Are You Atheists So Angry? and her new book Coming Out Atheist. Her writing has appeared in multiple publications, including Ms., Penthouse, the Chicago Sun-Times, and numerous anthologies,
including Everything You Know About God Is Wrong. She lives in San Francisco with her wife, Ingrid.

Zack Ford is the editor of one of the internet’s most prominent LGBT blogs at ThinkProgress.org. His passions of social justice education, atheism, and LGBT activism intersect in his current work: analyzing the intersection of LGBT issues and politics and making sense of religious conservatives’ opposition to equality. Zack hosts a podcast, Queer and Queerer, and is a frequent guest on radio shows throughout the country.

Nick Fish is the Development Director of American Atheists. Before joining American Atheists, he served as the Development Manager for the Secular Coaltion for America. Nick has worked in non-profit fundraising with dozens of progressive groups and on the campaign trail during the 2008 election in North Carolina for then Senator Obama and future Senator Kay Hagin.