Laura A. Jacobs, LCSW-R, (pronouns: she/they/he/none) is a trans and genderqueer identified psychotherapist, speaker, author, activist, and heretic specializing in transgender and gender nonbinary issues, queer/LGBTQIA+ issues, and other forms of gender and sexual diversity.

They served a four-year term as the first transgender and genderqueer Chair of the Board of Directors, and ten years on the Board overall for the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, a multisite, $100M+ healthcare organization with the mission of providing high quality, compassionate care to the LGBTQIA+ community of NYC regardless of ability to pay.

Laura was also the first Chair at any LGBTQIA+ Federally Qualified Health Center nationwide. She is also a prolific speaker in the media, at medical, mental health, and community based conferences, in medical schools, and for other organizations, having been featured in the New York Times, NPR, MSNBC, NBCNewsOnline, SiriusXM, CBSNews, Mic.com, TEDx, and more.

Her most recent project, Surviving Transphobia is an anthology featuring 16 prominent transgender and nonbinary figures and was released by Jessica Kingsley Publishers on September 21, 2023. Laura also has authored or coauthored books, chapters, and articles on gender and sexual diversity.

Laura was presented the Standard of Excellence Award by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, and has received other awards as well.

They are a member of the Kink Clinical Guidelines Workgroup, a coalition which developed the first best practices document for the mental health care of those who are interested and/or involved in kink, BDSM, and/or fetish eroticism. As Lawrence Jacobs, he worked in the arts as a musician, composer, and photographer, also in less glamorous positions such as corporate middle management.