Leah Juliett is a survivor. An award-winning movement builder and lived experience expert on the subjects of image-based sexual abuse and technology-facilitated gender-based violence, Leah is a journalist, poet, speaker, community organizer, justice and equity activist, and social media strategist.

In 2016, Leah founded a campaign against image abuse in their college dorm room. The campaign evolved into a protest march that Leah led across the Brooklyn Bridge in April 2017––aptly named March Against Revenge Porn. Since the inaugural protest march and global campaign, March Against Revenge Porn hosted four national protest marches and leverages survivor storytelling and social justice to advance digital dignity. Leah’s work leading March Against Revenge Porn has received global recognition and evolved into partnerships with brands like L’Oreal Paris and media coverage by CNN, BuzzFeed, NBC, and BBC.

In 2023, Leah joined The Reclaim Coalition to End Online Image-based Sexual Violence, a global, survivor-centered movement to transform the systems and culture that enable image-based sexual violence. In this role, Leah has spoken before the White House Gender Policy Council and the Task Force to End Online Abuse and Harassment to present policy recommendations and social service changes for survivors of image-based sexual abuse. Leah later joined The Heat Initiative as a lived experience expert contributing to Heat’s campaign to hold Apple accountable for keeping kids safe online.

On January 31, 2024, Leah was invited by ChildFund International to speak at the Protect Kids from Big Tech press conference at the United States Capitol, hosted by Senators Durbin and Graham. The press conference followed the landmark hearing on Big Tech and Child Safety at the Senate Judiciary Committee, which Leah was invited to attend as a survivor.

Rooted in Leah’s movement building and digital strategy background, Leah founded Survivor Social Media, a social media marketing and digital storytelling consultancy leveraging community engagement to create social change.

As a heavily tattooed and publicly visible person, Leah uses tattoos to decorate their body in their own image. With that in mind, Leah founded #ReclaimMyName, an art-based activism campaign for victims and survivors of hate-motivated, gender-based, and sexual violence to reclaim their dignity through tattoos.

Leah’s work is rooted in lived experience and political theory. Leah earned their Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Political Science, focusing on Justice and Law Administration, Gender Studies, and Conflict Resolution from Western Connecticut State University (2018).

Leah has shattered barriers, being recognized as the first nonbinary recipient of several global awards aimed at the advancement of women.

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Professionally, Leah currently consults with organizations like Equality Connecticut on statewide LGBTQ+ advocacy efforts. Previously, Leah has worked in social and digital media and communications as a Writer for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, Youth Engagement Coordinator at GLAAD, Community Engagement Manager at Triangle Community Center, Nonprofit Content Writer at Funraise, and Communications Manager at Lesbians Who Tech & Allies.

Meet Leah Juliett

Leah’s first book, NAKED IN PUBLIC, was released in January 2022 and is an LGBTQ+ poetry bestseller. Leah has delivered two TED talks: “How I Survived Revenge Porn” and “Reclaim Shame” which have been featured on the public TED page and shared worldwide.

Leah has been featured on major international media outlets including NBC, Peacock, CNN, BuzzFeed, BBC, MTV, Sky News, and in print via Teen Vogue, Seventeen, Glamour, The Huffington Post, The Hollywood Reporter, and PopSugar.

Leah is a member of the National Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists (NLGJA) and the Transgender Journalists Association. Leah’s political essays and poems have been featured in numerous journals and publications, including Seventeen Magazine, Glamour Magazine, Happiful Magazine, Palm Springs Pride Magazine, GLAAD, Grok Nation, MTV News, and OutRight Action International. National poetry journals include Death in the Afternoon (Cornell University), The Manifest-Station, and The Body Back Project. Leah is an alumnus of the Brave New Voices International Slam Poetry Festival, and has performed spoken word poetry at notable locations including Capitol Hill, Busboys and Poets, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and The Bushnell Theater of the Performing Arts.

Leah is passionate about victim advocacy, survivor storytelling, social justice, and animal rescue. They reside with their cats, Piper and River Jane, on Schaghticoke, Munsee Lenape, and Wappinger land in Connecticut.

In addition to consulting and coaching, Leah is available for keynotes and speaking engagements upon request. Connect with Leah below.