Sam Killermann is an artist, author, and award-winning activist who focuses on themes of gender, sexuality, and global justice. Through his free online resources, books, curricula, and comedy shows, Sam travels the globe telling a story about a possible future where everyone is healthy, understood, educated, and safe.
Killermann’s work (that he uncopyrighted in 2013) has been downloaded by hundreds of millions of people around the world who utilize it to bolster their educational efforts toward global equity. His versions of the Genderbread Person, a model for understanding and teaching gender and sexual diversity, have been translated into over a dozen languages.
In 2017, Sam was profiled in National Geographic’s documentary “Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric. In 2014, Sam designed an all-gender restroom sign that he gifted to the commons, which is now being implemented on three continents, was featured in the White House, and is becoming the standard for dozens of communities around the U.S. and world.
Killermann is the author of several books, including A Guide to Gender, which is an exploration of gender from a social justice perspective, with humor and comics sprinkled in. The book opened as the #1 bestseller in gender on Amazon, and as a reflection of Sam’s commitment to access as a core social justice value, he’s given away over 25,000 copies of the book. He gave a well-received TEDxTalk that has over 350,000 views called “Understanding the Complexities of Gender,” where he distilled the themes of the book into a few minutes of fun, energetic, and easily-digestible speech.
Sam Killermann is also is the co-creator of TheSafeZoneProject.com, a free online resource for LGBTQ+ and ally training curricula, courses, & activities. The open source curriculum they published is being used by over 33,000 educators in at least 100 countries, and is currently in its 5th Edition.
Outside of his key initiatives, Sam is an international keynote speaker, facilitates the Social Justice, Minus Dogma Online Course + Community, makes political shirts for EveryShirtIsPolitical, was named a “Person We Love” by Yes! Magazine and Austin “Changemaker,” and is always dreaming up new social good projects.
When he’s not on the road, he likes to spend a few hours a day walking his dogs or riding his bicycle around sunny Austin, TX, where he counts himself lucky to live.
Sam Killermann Headshots
Here are the most recent headshots for Sam Killermann. The images are uncopyrighted (photographed by Sam) and may be used for event promotion.
