Protecting Me & We: Ending Gender Discrimination & Sexual Violence

Wade Davis is a writer, educator, and speaker dedicated to eradicating homophobia and sexism in athletics and engaging men in conversations around feminism and masculinity. A pioneering educator on gender, race, and orientation equality, Davis is the NFL’s first diversity and inclusion consultant. His NFL career began in 2000 as an undrafted free agent with the Tennessee Titans; he later played domestically for the Washington Redskins and Seattle Seahawks, and internationally with the Barcelona Dragons and Berlin Thunder. Davis is also a U.N. Women HeForShe Ambassador, a U.S. State Department Speaker Specialist, and served as former President Obama's official LGBT Surrogate. Davis currently teaches at NYU and Rutgers.

In his 2016 Ted Talk, The Mask of Masculinity, Davis shares his story of growing up gay in the world of professional American football and urges us to reconsider our definitions of "masculinity:"