Kimm Topping, Ed.M., is a trans/queer artist-educator, writer, and historian dedicated to preserving LGBTQIA+ history. Their first book, Generation Queer, is a nonfictio n YA highlighting the stories of LGBTQIA+ youth activists. As founder of Lavender Education, a national program celebrating LGBTQIA+ history through arts and education.

For over a decade, Kimm has partnered with schools and organizations to create inclusive and liberatory learning environments. Currently, they lecture at Harvard Graduate School of Education, specializing in gender, sexuality, and equity. Previously, they managed the Safe Schools Program for LGBTQ Students in Massachusetts, where they played a key role in statewide LGBTQ-inclusive education policy.

Their historic tours of Cambridge and New York City spotlight queer and feminist activism from the 1970s to the 1990s, and their widely recognized publication series, Mapping Feminist Cambridge, is available through the Cambridge Women’s Commission.

Their work has been recognized by the 2025 Curve Power List and the 2023 Inaugural In-Service Award from the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition.

Kimm is passionate about:

- Uplifting and celebrating today's youth activists and organizations,

- Bridging past and present, inspiring each generation to engage with LGBTQIA+ history and activism,

- Preserving history for future generations of LGBTQIA+ people.

Reach out to Kimm at kimmtopping@gmail.com for keynote presentations, author talks, book clubs, and education / art workshops.

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