This is the ninth feature in a series that aims to elevate some of the transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals who have played a significant role in the ongoing fight for trans and queer liberation. Check out the previous features with CeCe McDonald , Kate Bornstein , Laura Jane Grace , Buck Angel , Calpernia Addams , Ts Madison , Amos Mac and Candis Cayne .

Tiq Milan is a writer, advocate and media personality who lives as one of the most openly visible transgender men of color in mainstream media and the public eye.

Milan's roots are in hip hop and music journalism, where he buit a foundation of pop culture criticism during what he identifies as his life pre-transition. After refocusing his work on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, Milan transitioned to living as his authentic self, with his work shifting towards media advocacy and training other trans and GNC advocates -- like activist CeCe McDonald (who was the first subject in this series ).

Along with his wife Kim, Milan travels the country educating and empowering audiences about the experiences of trans and GNC people of color, with the pair functioning as "a model of possibility" for "centering love as revolution" as a black queer couple.

In this interview with The Huffington Post, Milan reflects on the trajectory of his life over the last decade since his transition, the lack of mainstream visibility when it comes to trans-masculine experience and the role of ally-ship as related to liberation for trans and GNC people.