BRIAN KENNEDY

Brian Kennedy is a trauma-informed, LGBTQIA+ affirming Licensed Professional Counselor in Dallas, Texas. He serves as an LGBTQ Community Liaison with Room for Change. His current clinical work includes seeing queer populations recovering from trauma, exploring identity, and embracing queer joy. 

His decades-long work as an educator and student media advisor in public high schools earned him the National Broadcast Teacher of the Year Award in 2017. He has worked as a comedy writer and producer, winning a scholastic Emmy for The Mid-Morning After 10, But Still Just Before Lunch Show.

As a standup comedian, he opened for actor Leslie Jordan (Will & Grace, American Horror Story, Sordid Lives) on the 2019 OverExposed Tour. 

Brian is the executive producer and host of Falling Out LGBTQ podcast focusing on LGBTQ mental health and resilience.