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Rhea Debussy

Director of External Affairs at Equitas Health; LGBTQ+ Inclusion & Equity Advocate

Rhea Debussy
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Civil Rights, DEI, Diversity & Inclusion, Government, Health, Healthcare, HIV & AIDS, LGBTQ, Social Activism, Women, Women's Health
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Rhea Debussy Biography

Dorian Rhea Debussy, Ph.D. (she/her) is the inaugural Director of External Affairs at Equitas Health, which is a non-profit community healthcare system and one of the largest LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS serving healthcare organizations in the country. In her role at Equitas Health, Debussy is responsible for setting the government and community relations agenda for the agency.

Prior to joining Equitas Health in June 2022, Debussy enjoyed a decade of service in higher education, which began in public university settings in Connecticut. Most recently, she jointly served as the Associate Director for the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Kenyon College—where she specialized in fostering LGBTQ+ inclusion and equity on campus—and as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at Kenyon College. For two years, Debussy also concurrently served as the founding Executive Director of the Ace and Aro Alliance of Central Ohio, which is the state’s first organization focused upon serving the asexual and aromantic community.

Debussy actively writes about issues affecting LGBTQ people in the military and LGBTQ+ politics more broadly. Most recently, Debussy served as the lead author for the newly updated and expanded third edition of "Freedom to Serve: The Definitive Guide to LGBTQ Military Service," which is the most comprehensive guidebook on issues affecting LGBTQ service members across all branches of the military.

Passionate about accessible academic writing, Debussy frequently publishes non-academic articles on LGBTQ+ political issues. Her work has been published by The Conversation, The Associated Press, BUST Magazine, and The Gay & Lesbian Review among others. Additionally, her forthcoming book project is currently under contract with Columbia University Press.

As a nationally recognized advocate for trans-inclusive athletic spaces, Debussy was selected for the inaugural cohort of the NCAA’s Division III LGBTQ OneTeam Program, which is the organization’s first nationwide LGBTQ+ inclusion program. For nearly three years, she served as one of less than 55 facilitators across the country, and she facilitated trainings for hundreds of coaches, athletics administrators, DEI professionals, fellow facilitators, and student-athletes across multiple colleges and states during that time. In January 2022, she resigned in protest from that role, following changes to the NCAA’s transgender participation policy.

In addition to her role with Equitas Health, Debussy also serves as a Lecturer in the Dept. of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at The Ohio State University, where she teaches courses about the LGBTQ+ community; a member of the Greater Columbus LGBTQ Health Coalition, which is a community-led working group that is focused on improving health outcomes for LGBTQ+ people living and working in Columbus, Ohio; a member of the Advisory Board for the TGX360 Initiative of the OUT Georgia Business Alliance, which is Georgia’s first transgender-focused economic empowerment initiative; and an organizational representative to the Public Policy Council of AIDS United, which is a national non-profit organization dedicated to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/09/2024.

Rhea Debussy Videos

  • Making Virtual Learning More Inclusive for Transgender, Non-Binary Students
    Making Virtual Learning More Inclusive for Transgender, Non-Binary Students
    The rapid transition to virtual learning in spring 2020 created a number of challenges for instructors, students, and institutions of higher...
  • Re-framing the Narrative: Trans Joy in the Face of Adversity
    Re-framing the Narrative: Trans Joy in the Face of Adversity
    The ACLU of Ohio is hosting a webinar to discuss the wave of harmful legislation targeting Trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming Ohioans. Our...
  • Trans Rights Are On The Ballot Every Election
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