When Layla McCay isn’t reading a novel or running queer book clubs in the UK, US, and Japan, she frequently appears on the BBC, hosts The Moth storytelling shows, and features in The Mortified Guide Netflix miniseries about growing up gay. She was recognised on the Outstanding Executive Role Models and Attitude 101 lists for her impact on LGBTQ+ culture and inclusion, and her book Breaking the Rainbow Ceiling: How LGBTQ+ People Can Thrive and Succeed at Work won an Axiom Book Award. Layla is a leader in health policy by day and lives with her wife in London.