Meet Leah Juliett

Poet, Survivor Activist, Organizer, Speaker

Leah Juliett (they/them/theirs) is an award-winning writer, speaker, organizer, and survivor advocate whose work sits at the intersection of digital safety, LGBTQ+ identity, tech accountability, and survivor justice. Since 2015, Leah’s lived-experience-based advocacy has shaped international conversations on online harms, platform accountability, and survivor liberation.

Leah is a spoken-word poet and speaker who has delivered addresses at the Biden White House, the United States Senate, and the World Health Assembly. Leah’s work pushes for Big Tech accountability, spearheading state and federal legislation, and demanding survivors have a central seat at the policy-making table. Leah has used spoken-word poetry to lead advocacy demonstrations across the Brooklyn Bridge and outside of Meta and Apple headquarters, testifying and organizing legislative direct action campaigns, and advocating for safe design practices and survivor justice as an active member of multiple Global Survivor Councils.

Leah’s work has been featured on CNN, NBC, BBC, Bloomberg, The Guardian, The Daily Mail, Sky News, Buzzfeed, and HuffPost. Their writing has appeared in Teen Vogue, MSNBC, Mashable, Women’s Health Magazine, Glamour Magazine, Seventeen, MTV News, GLAAD, Her Campus, and numerous literary journals. Leah is the first nonbinary winner of the L’Oreal Paris Woman of Worth Award and the Glamour College Woman of the Year Award. They are also the recipient of the George H.W. Bush Daily Point of Light Award and The Advocate Champion of Pride Award. Leah is a two-time TEDx speaker who has spoken and performed poetry at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, The National Human Trafficking Prevention Summit, The Kennedy Center, Busboys and Poets, The Bowery Electric, New York City Hall, and The World Health Assembly. Their collection of spoken-word poetry, Naked in Public (2021) is available worldwide.

Leah lives in the United States, where they continue to write, create, and advocate for a world where every survivor is safe, seen, and free, online and offline.