Fiona Dawson

Fiona Dawson is an Emmy®-nominated and award-winning filmmaker. She is a proud bisexual, cisgender, immigrant woman living with a non-apparent disability, who uses media to advance equity. Following her Emmy®-nominated short New York Times op-doc "Transgender, at War and in Love," Fiona was honored by President Obama as an LGBT Artist Champion of Change and her feature documentary, "TransMilitary," premiered at SXSW 2018 winning the Audience Award. Her acclaimed book, “Are Bisexuals Just Greedy? Animated Answers for All People Who Simply Want to Understand the Spectrum of Being LGBTQ+,” is a four times #1 bestseller on Amazon, and Fiona was an honoree on the OUT100 2022: LGBTQ+ Titans of Media and Entertainment. Fiona’s company, Free Lion Productions, creates multimedia personal storytelling content using video and animation to make diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and accessibility (DEIBA) programs more effective. She is also an acclaimed speaker and DEIBA consultant with an expertise in LGBTQIA+ inclusion. Fiona is on a mission to decolonize the worldview of gender and sexuality with humor and ease.