To bring Michael Lee to your campus, conference, or community event, contact George Greenfield of CreativeWell, Inc.

A writer, researcher, and educator with over 20 years’ experience in LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS community services, he is a gifted and engaging public speaker who connects with audiences of all backgrounds.


Recent Events

October, 2025: Book talk at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities School of Social Work

October, 2025: Becoming Real: Introducing the Archive of Gay Publishing Pioneer Michael L. Denneny

July – August, 2025: Michigan Book Tour events at Literati Bookstore – Ann Arbor, Hooked – Lansing, Kazoo Books – Kalamazoo, and Horizon Books – Traverse City

June, 2025: Prime Timers Minneapolis – St. Paul Book Club, hosted by Quatrefoil Library

June, 2025: Literary Voices Redefining LGBTQ+ and HIV Storytelling: George M. Johnson and Michael Lee

May, 2025: Virtual Presentation for Pride and Progress: The 14th Annual Conference on LGBTQIA+ Aging

March, 2025: Author Talk and Signing with Michael G. Lee, Hennepin County Libraries, Nokomis Library Branch

March, 2025: Twin Cities Leather Presents: A Book Talk and Signing With Guest Author Michael Lee.

March 2025: Michael Lee Presents: When the Band Played On, Zenith Bookstore, Duluth, MN.

January 2025: Signing at Next Chapter Booksellers in St. Paul, MN.

December 2024: MN Council for HIV/AIDS Care and Prevention’s World AIDS Day Breakfast, hosted by The Aliveness Project.

December 2024: Aurora, IL, Public Library District and Aurora LGBTQ+ Advisory Board

November 2024: Let’s Do Lunch, a regular gathering for Twin Cities LGBTQ+ seniors

November 2024: Coachella Valley Journalism Foundation, Palm Springs Cultural Center with Journalist Hank Plante

The night I shared a venue with Thorgy Thor from RuPaul’s Drag Race!

October 2024: San Francisco Public Library, James Hormel LGBTQIA Center

Thank you to Jason Vivian and San Francisco Public Library staff for providing footage and photos

October 2024: Napa Valley College + New Technology High School

Thank you to Greg Miraglia and colleagues for providing photos

October 2024: Twin Cities Book Festival

Thank you to Shawyn Domyancich-Lee and David Harvey for providing footage and photos

September 2024: The National Convention of NLGJA, the Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists, Los Angeles, CA

Thank you to Bethany Grace Howe for providing footage and photos

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