PHILADELPHIA – Today, the Office of LGBT Affairs announced the hiring of Evan Thornburg as Deputy Director of LGBT Affairs for the City.

Evan comes to the City most recently from working as an LGBTQ inclusivity consultant.  Prior to this, she worked at the Bryson Institute of the Attic Youth Center as the education specialist. Evan has co-designed youth programming for the Mazzoni Center’s Trans*Health conference, sits on the fundraising committee of the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, and built the installation for InLiquid’s DNC exhibit, Juvenile Injustice. Evan is a graduate of Ursinus College.

“I couldn’t be more thrilled about Evan’s arrival to the Office of LGBT Affairs. A Philadelphia native, Evan is a brilliant, creative professional who is deeply passionate about the rights and lives of our thriving Philadelphia LGBTQ community. Her extensive expertise in LGBTQ training and education will be invaluable to the Office’s goals and priorities moving forward.”

The primary role of the Deputy Director of LGBT Affairs is to assist, support, and advise the Executive Director of LGBT Affairs and Philadelphia City Government on the needs of LGBT residents, to serve as a liaison between the LGBT community the City of Philadelphia, and to educate residents and the city workforce on the needs of the LGBT Community.  Evan begins as Deputy on December 3rd.

Housed within the Mayor’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the Office of LGBT Affairs was created to connect LGBT people with government services and to help to ensure that services they receive are culturally competent.