Kenyon Farrow
PrEP4All Managing Director, Advocacy and Organizing
New York, NY
Kenyon Farrow is a writer, editor, and strategist, whose work has long focused on public health and infectious disease with a focus on racial, gender and economic justice. Kenyon recently joined the staff of PrEP4All as the Managing Director of Advocacy and Organizing. Previously Kenyon served as co-executive director of Partners for Dignity & Rights, and as senior editor of TheBody.com & TheBodyPro.com and U.S. & Global Health Policy Director with Treatment Action Group (TAG). He serves on the board Global Black Gay Men Connect, the LGBT Center of Greater Cleveland and New York Transgender Advocacy Group. He is also known for his work with organizations such as Queers for Economic Justice, Critical Resistance, and FIERCE!
In addition to his political work, Kenyon is a prolific essayist and author.
He is the co-editor of the book
Letters From Young Activists: Today’s Rebels Speak Out. His work has also appeared in many anthologies including
Spirited: Affirming the Soul of Black Lesbian and Gay Identity,
For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Still Not Enough,
We Have Not Been Moved: Resisting Racism and Militarism in 21st Century America, and
Black Gay Genius: Answering Joseph Beam’s Call. His work has also appeared in publications such as Medium,
POZ, The Atlantic,
OUT,
BET.com,
TheGrio,
Colorlines, Logo,
ReWire News, City Limits, HuffPost, and
The American Prospect.
Kenyon has been hailed for his work by numerous institutions including
Out Magazine’s “Out 100”,
The Advocate magazine’s “40 Under 40″, POZ Magazine’s “The POZ 100”, The Roots’s “20 Black LGBT Movers and Shakers”, and Black Entertainment Television which designated him a “Modern Black History Hero.”