Dr. Leo Taylor provides DEI workshops, diversity trainings, keynotes, webinars, and consulting for organizations of many sizes and sectors, including businesses, nonprofits, schools, universities, government agencies, and community groups. He works with clients who want thoughtful, engaging, and practical support for building more inclusive environments.

What makes Dr. Leo Taylor different is his ability to make DEI education feel engaging, humane, and rooted in evidence, curiosity, and real-world application. His workshops combine scientific insight, personal storytelling, and a nonjudgmental facilitation style that helps participants stay open, curious, and involved.

With a Ph.D. in entomology from Cornell University and degrees in biology and psychology, Dr. Leo brings a unique scientific lens to DEI topics. He uses that background to help people examine identity, bias, socialization, and systems in ways that are accessible and memorable.

He rejects the idea that facilitation is about depositing information into passive learners. Instead, he positions participants as co-creators of the learning experience, inviting their questions, reflections, cultural knowledge, and lived experiences into the room. Through humility, vulnerability, humor, and storytelling, Dr. Leo helps people feel at ease while engaging complex topics.

His workshops are highly interactive, deeply human, and designed to make DEI concepts memorable, practical, and relevant.

You can learn more about his unique identities and experiences by visiting the About page.

Working with Dr. Leo Taylor is collaborative, thoughtful, and grounded in care. He begins by learning about your organization, audience, goals, and any challenges or sensitivities that may shape the session. From there, he works with you to identify the best format, topic, and level of customization for your needs.

Dr. Leo is known for being responsive, transparent, and easy to work with throughout the planning process. His facilitation style is warm, nonjudgmental, and engaging, helping participants feel at ease while exploring complex DEI topics.

Dr. Leo Taylor is often a strong fit for organizations looking for DEI education that is engaging, compassionate, evidence-informed, and grounded in real-world application. His approach is especially well suited for groups that want a skilled, empathetic facilitator who can create a braver space for learning where complex topics can be explored honestly and without fear of judgment.

The free consultation helps determine whether his experience, facilitation style, and areas of focus align with your organization’s goals and needs.

Yes. Dr. Leo Taylor provides online DEI workshops, virtual diversity trainings, webinars, and keynotes via Zoom for organizations, businesses, schools, and government agencies. In-person workshops and trainings are also available.

Yes. All of Dr. Leo Taylor’s programs, including DEI workshops, diversity trainings, webinars, keynotes, and speaking engagements, can be delivered in person or virtually. In-person engagements may include travel-related expenses as part of the cost.

Yes. In addition to workshops, trainings, webinars, and keynotes, Dr. Leo Taylor provides DEI consulting services for organizations that need more targeted support. Consulting can help organizations think through specific questions, challenges, policies, practices, or culture-change goals related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

Dr. Leo Taylor provides DEI workshops, diversity trainings, webinars, and keynotes that address a variety of topics including LGBTQ+ inclusion, transgender and nonbinary identities, neurodiversity, implicit bias, microaggressions, bystander intervention, inclusive language, allyship, disability inclusion, intersectionality, and difficult conversations.

He also develops customized sessions for organizations that need support with a specific challenge, audience, or learning goal.

Yes. LGBTQ+ and transgender inclusion are among Dr. Leo Taylor’s core areas of focus. These sessions can address LGBTQ+ terminology, pronouns, inclusive language, transgender and nonbinary identities, allyship, microaggressions, policy considerations, and practical strategies for creating more affirming environments.

This work is grounded in lived experience, observation, and real-world application. As a gender-nonconforming, queer, transgender man, Dr. Leo helps participants understand how gender, sexuality, perception, power, and belonging shape people’s everyday experiences. His approach is compassionate, practical, and designed to help people move from fear and uncertainty toward more confident and meaningful inclusion.

Dr. Leo Taylor’s keynotes center on the lived realities of being transgender, queer, gender-nonconforming, and neurodivergent (AuDHD). Through personal storytelling, humor, vulnerability, and social analysis, he helps audiences think more deeply about identity, belonging, authenticity, and what it means to create spaces where people can be fully human.

Common keynote themes include transgender visibility, LGBTQ+ inclusion, neurodivergence, masking, authenticity, allyship, resilience, and the intersections of queer, trans, and neurodivergent experience.

Dr. Leo Taylor earned his Ph.D. in entomology from Cornell University and brings a scientist’s lens to his DEI work. His background in biology, psychology, and scientific research helps him approach topics such as identity, bias, socialization, and systems with curiosity, nuance, and evidence-based thinking.

He often uses examples from biology and entomology to bring DEI concepts to life, helping participants see familiar topics in new and memorable ways. This scientific foundation is one of the things that makes his workshops distinctive, engaging, and grounded in evidence.

Please visit the About page to learn more about him.

Fees for Dr. Leo Taylor’s DEI trainings, workshops, keynotes, and speaking engagements vary depending on the format, session length, level of customization, location, timeline, and overall scope of the engagement. Virtual webinars, interactive workshops, in-person trainings, and custom programs may require different levels of preparation and facilitation.

Please use the contact form to provide details about your desired program. After reviewing your inquiry, Dr. Leo will schedule a free 30-minute consultation to learn more about your goals, audience, timeline, and budget. From there, he can recommend the best format and provide a customized quote.

Dr. Leo also understands that smaller nonprofits and community-based organizations may have limited budgets. When possible, he works with organizations to identify a realistic option, such as adapting an existing workshop or adjusting the scope of the engagement.

To book Dr. Leo Taylor for a DEI training, workshop, keynote, or speaking engagement, please use the contact form to share details about your organization, audience, event date, preferred format, session length, and topic(s) of interest. Please note whether you are interested in a virtual or in-person session. Dr. Leo will follow up to schedule a free 30-minute consultation to discuss your goals and determine the best fit for your needs.

Yes. Dr. Leo Taylor is available to travel for in-person DEI workshops, trainings, keynotes, and speaking engagements. Clients are responsible for covering travel-related expenses, which may include transportation, lodging, meals, and other necessary costs.Item description

Yes. Dr. Leo Taylor offers a free 30-minute consultation to discuss your organization’s goals, audience, timeline, preferred format, and topic(s) of interest. This conversation helps determine the best approach for your program and whether Dr. Leo’s experience and areas of focus are the right fit for your needs.

To request a free consultation please use the contact form.