RJ Thompson, Esq. is a human rights lawyer, organizer and educator who currently works as the community educator of the Fair Courts Project at Lamda Legal. Previously, RJ served as the Miami High Road Coordinator with the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United) and Director of the Human Rights Program at the Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance where he advocated for the human rights of sex workers during the first Universal Periodic Review of the U.S. RJ was also the National Campaign & Advocacy Manager at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT) Community Center in New York City, where he coordinated Causes in Common, a national cross-movement initiative linking the reproductive justice and LGBT movements. He was Membership Program Coordinator at the US Human Rights Network Coordinating Center, where he organized Southern NGOs and CBOs to meet with the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants. RJ received his J.D. from the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law and his B.A. in Africana Studies and Political Science from the University of South Florida in Tampa. He has also worked with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Equality Florida, the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, and Amnesty International USA. RJ is a queer identified mixed blood Cherokee with deep Southern roots. He is an active member and leader in the Soka Gakkai International USA (SGI-USA) Nichiren Buddhist organization for peace, culture and education. He is also a vegan bodybuilder. RJ co-founded the Sexual Rights and Gender Justice Working Group of the USHRN.
