About Brian McNaught
Named "the godfather of gay sensitivity training" by The New York Times, Brian McNaught is considered the world's leading corporate diversity consultant dealing with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues in the workplace. Since 1974, he has drawn on his personal experiences and his skills as a sexuality educator to help audiences understand what it's like to grow up gay and to deal with the common, daily challenges faced by gay and transgender people at work, at home, in their churches, and in their neighborhoods around the globe.
Brian is the designer and presenter of the program "Understanding and Managing Gay and Transgender Issues in the Workplace". He has addressed senior managers and employees at scores of companies throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, as well as at over 200 colleges and universities.
He has produced and/or is featured in six critically-acclaimed educational videos and DVDs (three of which have been aired regularly on Public Broadcasting System stations in the United States):
- Understanding and Managing Gay and Transgender Issues in the Workplace
- On Being Gay – A Conversation with Brian McNaught
- Gay Issues in the Workplace
- Growing Up Gay and Lesbian
- Homophobia in the Workplace
- Gay/Straight: Can We Talk?
Brian is also the best-selling author of six watershed books on gay issues, all of which are or have been used as college texts on campuses throughout North America:
- A Disturbed Peace – Selected Writings of an Irish Catholic Homosexual (1981)
- On Being Gay – Thoughts on Family, Faith & Love (1988)
- Gay Issues in the Workplace (1993)
- Now That I'm Out, What Do I Do? (1997)
- "Sex Camp" (2005)
- Are You Guys Brothers? (2008)
Brian wrote a syndicated column in the gay press for 12 years and has contributed to numerous national publications and anthologies of gay/lesbian non-fiction literature. Brian also co-hosted a seasonal radio program in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
During the early 1980s, Brian served as the mayor of Boston's liaison to the gay and lesbian community. As such, he conducted a city-wide study of constituent needs, initiated and coordinated the city's response to the AIDS epidemic, and trained police, health and other service providers. Brian serves as an advisor to former U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher on issues of national sexual health.
Brian earned his B.A. in Journalism from Marquette University. He is certified by the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) as a sexuality educator. He and his life partner Ray Struble live in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and in Provincetown, Massachusetts.