Schedule and Events
The 2025 Love Revolution National Conference is coming to the Embassy Suites by Hilton in Grapevine, Texas, April 4-7, 2025. Join fellow LGBTQIA+ allies from around the country to learn from keynote speakers, breakout sessions, discussion panels, advocacy training, and more. Friday, April 4th
5-9pm - Conference Check-In
7-9pm - Welcome and General Session - Jen Hatmaker, Special Guest Speaker
Saturday, April 5th8-9am - Conference Registration
9-11:45am - General Session - Kathy Baldock
11:45am - Lunch break/Expo Area opens
Join Free Mom Hugs national board president Arleta Greer (she/her) to explore the history of equality and the journey to discovery.
A panel of parents of LGBTQIA+ youth share their experiences of advocating, raising awareness and challenging discrimination for the benefit of their child and LGBTQIA+ community while living in a conservative state or community.
Andy Wells (he/him) shares effective strategies of re-engaging with people and family who disagree and ways parents can smooth those connections to be better for LGBTQIA+ youth.
Some of the most intense and unburdening hugs at a Free Mom Hugs event come from the dads who volunteer. Join a panel of dad volunteers who discuss and share their experiences accepting and affirming LGBTQIA+ individuals of all ages.
Nico Lang (they/them) and Cristina Olivetti (she/her) discuss how to support nonbinary, transgender and gender nonconforming youth in a world that doesn’t understand.
Queer influencer, activist, model and student at Texas A&M, Olive Okoro (her/they) is passionate about honoring ancestors who lacked the freedom to live authentically and educating others about intersectionality within the LGBTQIA+ community.
5-6:30pm - Dinner break — free time
Book signings with Nico Lang
Sunday, April 6th
8:30-9:30am - Conference Registration
12pm - Lunch Break/Expo Area Opens
1:30pm - Educational Breakout Session C
Mandy Giles (she/her) shares her journey to becoming an activist, podcaster and outspoken Texas mom of two transgender kids and how to turn allyship into action.
As younger generations push against longstanding societal norms, Andy Wells (he/him) discusses how to advocate for and model healthy sexual relationships while also understanding the changing cultural ecosystem.
Learn from an LGBTQIA+ panel including Nico Lang (they/them), Roscoe Compton-Kelly (he/him) and Olive Okoro (her/they) on ways to restore and repair your inner peace, soul and spirit — and fight for it — as the world endlessly attacks it. 2:45pm - Educational Breakout Session D
Liz Dyer(she/her) founder of Real Mama Bears and Sara Cunningham (she/her) founder of Free Mom Hugs discuss strategies for not just surviving but thriving despite the current state of affairs.
PFLAG National Vice President-Advocacy Katie Blair (she/her) teaches strategies for embracing and sharing your story confidently whether it’s developing an elevator pitch, a media interview or at the school board podium.
In a world where many cannot reconcile faith and queerness, join Rev. Kali Cawthon-Freels (she/her), Pastoral Resident at Williamsburg Baptist Church in Williamsburg, Virginia, for a discussion about queer spirituality and the many ways queerness and faith enhance each other during a lifetime.
3:45pm - Breakout Conversations with breakout speakers
4:30 - General Session - Susan Williams 5:30pm - Expo Area closes Free Mom Hugs Chapter Leader Dinner Monday, April 7th
8:30am - Conference Registration 10am - General Session and Closing - Roscoe Compton-Kelly, Keynote 11:15am - Open mic 12pm - Closing and Call to Action * Schedule subject to change EXPLORE DALLASIf you’ve never been to Dallas, giddy-up and start your planning. Dallas is an emerging global city that’s the hub of the nation’s 4th largest metropolitan area.
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