Rob Smith Biography

Rob Smith is an accomplished LGBT activist, lecturer, author, journalist, and Iraq War veteran. After serving as an infantryman in the US Army and earning the Army Commendation Medal and Combat Infantry Badge, Smith graduated with honors from Syracuse University and became a prominent journalist, publishing his work in major outlets such as Salon.com, USA Today, CNN.com, and The Huffington Post. However, Smith is best known for his activism against the US Military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) law that prohibited open military service by gays and lesbians. In 2010, he was arrested at the White House along with 12 other LGBT military veterans and civilian activists protesting the law. In 2012, he made his literary debut in the anthology book “For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Was Still Not Enough: Coming of Age, Coming Out, and Coming Home,” which won the 2012 American Library Association Stonewall Book Award for Nonfiction and was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. Smith is a freelance writer and a regular contributor to The Advocate, Huffington Post Gay Voices, and Queerty.com.

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