Meredith Talusan is an award-winning author and journalist who has written for The Guardian, the New York Times, The Atlantic, The Nation, WIRED, SELF, and Condé Nast Traveler, among many other publications and several essay collections. She is also the founding executive editor of them., Condé Nast’s LGBTQ+ digital platform, where she is currently contributing editor. Her memoir, Fairest, comes out in May 2020 from Penguin Random House.