Sontaia P. Briggs is a Queer Faith Activist working at the intersection of LGBTQ+ and Faith. A consultant with nonprofits and churches, Sontaia authors youth and young adult programs and workshops. She is a sought-after LGBTQIA inclusion trainer and motivational speaker who has worked with PARITY NYC, Blanton-Peale Institute and Counseling Center, Park United Methodist Church, and NMAC Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Sontaia was a Keynote Panelist for the Universalist Unitarian Office at the UN parallel event for the 2021 NGO CSW65 virtual forum: The Right to Joy: LGBTQ+ Women of Color. She also traveled to our nation’s capital as one of many state delegates of LGBTQ persons and allies to engage Senators and Congressmen around the need for federal protections for LGBTQ individuals.

Sontaia holds a Master of Public Administration from Rutgers University and a Master of Arts in Youth Ministry from New York Theological Seminary.

She is also the creator of a limited podcast series Experimental Radio with P.k. Briggs – a monologic exploration of meditations, sacred text, and the ideas we use to engage life to adapt, survive and thrive.

Also co-creator of Queer Bible Study with Rev. Robert Arnau, a mini-podcast series that explored the ‘queering’ of the Bible, i.e., God’s love is non-binary, and God’s love is for all.

Ep. 21 – Sometimes They Don’t Get It… – Experimental Radio with P.k. Briggs

Sometimes they don’t get it and that’s OK.  You have to accept that family and friends will not understand or accept everything you do.  This is OK. You have you’re own walk in life. So walk it.  This episode is dedicated to those who love us but sometimes don’t understand us.

1. Ep. 21 – Sometimes They Don’t Get It… 05:59
2. Ep. 20 – Navigating the Nothing – Don’t Get Attached to Pain 09:44
3. Ep.19 – Made For This 06:35
4. Ep. 18 – Forced, to Go In 06:42
5. Ep. 17 – Going Through The Pages 08:08

What People Say

Sontaia is a great gift to the youth community, she’s insightful, passionate, resourceful and creative.

Cynthia Gardner-Brim
Youth Minister
Mariners Baptist Church, NY

Sontaia is authentic, engaging and committed to the work of community and youth development.

Peter J. Saros
Pastor and Church planter
Peter J. Saros, Inc.

When Sontaia speaks, the room goes quiet and becomes energized – she can bring her deep knowledge and experience and share it in ways people can connect to and see themselves in.

Rev. Marian Edmonds-Allen
Executive Director
Parity

Sontaia is a prolific writer and profound speaker. I truly respect her as one of the most influential voices of our time.

Dr. Renair Amin
Healer, Writer, Speaker,
Founder – LGBTQ faith matters

Reconciliation is our most extraordinary call as servants of the shepherd. We must bring those furthest outside the circle back in. If one is lost, we are all lost.

Sontaia P. Briggs