As NCLR policy counsel, Tyrone Hanley focuses on the criminalization of queer/trans sexuality and those living with HIV and LGBTQ poverty. Tyrone was a creator of the #EndBadHIVLaws campaign with the Center for HIV Law and Policy and Human Rights Campaign. He was also a co-author of the first national LGBTQ poverty agenda, Intersecting Injustice: A National Call to Action, Addressing LGBTQ Poverty and Economic Justice for All, and co-founder of the National LGBTQ Anti-Poverty Action Network. He brings his upbringing into his work by focusing on those most marginalized in the LGBTQ community. Prior to coming to NCLR, Tyrone worked as the HIV Prevention Manager at SMYAL, a DC-area LGBTQ youth organization. He has also previously served as the Gender Public Advocacy Center’s Youth Program Coordinator and as an AmeriCorps/National AIDS Fund member at HIPS, a DC-based harm reduction organization for sex workers and drug users.