Milo Stewart

Milo Stewart gained a following on their YouTube channel around age seventeen because they told stories about living as a nonbinary person that gained the attention of conservative media. Taking this reaction as a sign that their story was having an impact by challenging cisnormativity, Milo happily reclaimed the label “Social Justice Warrior” (SJW) and pursued an interest in social justice in their career. They received a degree in Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies from DePaul University and will graduate this summer with a Master’s in Refugee and Forced Migration studies as they pursue a career working with LGBT displaced people. Milo has funneled their academic interests into YouTube, integrating reflections on their experiences with gender and sexuality with conversations about achieving prison abolition, improving access to trans healthcare and building awareness for sexual health issues. They believe in increasing access to trans and queer theory outside of academia, sharing stories of queer experiences that LGBT viewers don’t get to see elsewhere in media and building community for LGBT people of all backgrounds. Milo has had academic writings published in DePaul’s undergraduate journal Creating Knowledge and will be presenting a paper at the Neuchâtel Graduate Conference 2021 on Migration and Mobility Studies.