For more than twenty years, Michael Lee has had a passion for storytelling that has fueled a dynamic career of LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS organizing, human services, research, writing, and teaching. He has taught graduate courses at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota for over a decade while working a professional grant writer. Michael’s interest in Randy Shilts came about while he was researching the origins of ‘70s-era gay and lesbian community services and their influence on AIDS organizations of the 1980s. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.