Expanding the Rainbow brings together cutting-edge empirical research with compelling personal narratives about the experiences and relationships of individuals of diverse gender and sexual identities, focusing on the experiences of bi+, poly, kinky, ace, intersex, and trans people.

Brandy L. Simula, PhD (she/her/hers), is a Postdoctoral Faculty Fellow at Emory University. She has published on gender, sexuality, and identity in Sexualities, the Journal of Homosexuality, the Journal of Bisexuality, Sociology Compass, and a number of edited volumes.
J.E. Sumerau, PhD (she/they), is an assistant professor and the director of applied sociology at the University of Tampa. They are the author of over 70 articles, chapters, and monographs at the intersection of sexualities, gender, religion, and health related to societal patterns of violence and inequality.
Andrea Miller, PhD (she/her/hers), is a Full Adjunct Professor of Sociology and a Fellow for the Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at Webster University. She has published in the area of the scholarship of teaching and learning. Her most recent article is "The Mis-education of Lady Gaga: Confronting Essentialist Claims in the Sex and Gender Classroom" which she considers a primer for teaching the social construction of sexualities.