Shannon Price Minter is one of the most senior attorneys in the LGBT rights movement and has led the legal team at the National Center for LGBTQ Rights for more than thirty years. He has litigated many precedent-setting cases on behalf of LGBT people and their families in state and federal courts across the country, including, in the Supreme Court, Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, Pavan v. Smith, and Obergefell v. Hodges. Shannon was appointed by President Obama to the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships and has twice served on the American Bar Association’s Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Currently, he is an advisor to the DFW Alliance for Religious Freedom. He is a coeditor of Transgender Rights, coauthor of Family Law for LGBTQ People (Westlaw 2024), and contributor to Religious Freedom, LGBT Rights, and the Prospects for Common Ground. Shannon obtained a BA from the University of Texas at Austin and a JD from Cornell Law School. He lives in Texas with his wife Robin and many rescue animals.