Deian McBryde is a New Mexico family law attorney and mediator in solo practice. Before becoming an attorney, Deian worked in business, consulting, employee development, technology, and the arts. In a previous life, he produced Lady Bunny’s Absolut Live! tour and other events that popularized the term “gayborhood,” and he served as executive director of OUTMUSIC, the international LGBTQ musicians network, where he launched the first Outmusic Awards to recognize artists working to inspire and create change from within the LGBTQ community. In 2003, Deian was the executive director of Rainbow25, a project sponsored by Absolut to create the world’s largest rainbow flag: 1.25 miles in the original eight colors (including pink and turquoise), hand-sewn by Gilbert Baker and a team of volunteers. In 2003, the Rainbow25 flag stretched across Key West from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, carried by over 3,000 people. As a performer, Deian appeared in clubs, cabarets, and gay pride events around the world. He performed for Stonewall 25 and the Gay Games in New York City, and appeared on the cover of “Girlfriends Magazine,” the national lesbian magazine, as one of 1998’s “America’s Men We Love (Platonically). In modern times, Deian is now a Council Member-at-Large of the ABA’s Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division (GPSolo) and serves on a variety of local and national committees and boards, including the NM Committee on Diversity in the Legal Profession. Deian is a member of the Family Law Institute, which shares strategies for representing the LGBT community; however, he is most proud of his standing as “the only licensed attorney in the state of New Mexico to have once had backup dancers.” www.mcbrydelaw.com