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Bio

LGBTQ+ wedding + inclusivity expert, published author, speaker, editor, educator • she/her • 🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+

🗣 pronounced Keersten
🎤 speaker (CNN, NPR, Engage!, The Knot, WeddingWire, WeddingPro, Bridal Masterclass, WIPA, podcasts + more)
⌨️ cofounder + editorial director, Equally Wed, the leading LGBTQ+ wedding magazine
👩🏼‍🏫 cofounder + lead educator, Equally Wed Pro, the ultimate destination for wedding and event pros to learn all about LGBTQ+ weddings and inclusivity
📚 author, Equally Wed: The Ultimate Guide to Planning Your LGBTQ+ Wedding (Seal Press)
🔥 founder, Survivor Lit, a nonprofit literary magazine for sexual assault survivors
🍑 Atlantan
📯 Black Lives Matter
🦻🏻 Deaf
💄 queer femme
🎤 WeddingPro Educator 2019, 2020, 2021
✨ Board Advisor for WeddingPro Fellowship for Change
✨ Member of Aisle Planner’s Diversity Advisory Committee
✨ Board Member for Atlanta Magazine’s Editorial Committee

🎓 Earn your LGBTQ+ inclusive certification at equallywedpro.com.

📈 Grow your business by advertising in front of the largest concentration of engaged LGBTQ+ couples around the globe at equallywed.com.

Need an LGBTQ+ inclusivity audit or coach?
[email protected]

Join our free Facebook group for LGBTQ+ inclusive wedding and event pros: facebook.com/groups/equallywedpro

Featured in/on The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, ABC News, CNN (repeat in-studio on-air guest), NPR, Forbes magazine, Jezebel, Out magazine, The Advocate, Autostraddle, Time magazine, Entrepreneur magazine, Chicago Tribune, Daily Mail, Politico, New York magazine, The Knot magazine, Pop Sugar, Martha Stewart Weddings magazine, Brides magazine, Glamour magazine, Huffington Post and more.