Founder. Speaker. Beacon shedding light on touchy yet critical conversations about the internet, identity and all manner of –isms.
Adam MacLean is the founder & CVO of PostShame.org, co-host of Safe Space at NeueHouse with Danielle James, co-chair of the Abzyme Research Foundation working to #endHIV and on the board of Paul Taylor American Modern Dance. After graduating from Bard College in 2004 with a degree in dance he performed off-broadway for several years before becoming a concierge, personal assistant and now lifestyle consultant. He currently helps high-profile individuals manage their personal lives in the areas of events, social media strategy, technology, travel and philanthropy. The causes he cares about most are finding ways to develop leadership through radical transparency and the erasure of shame, the effect of HIV/AIDS on the LGBTQ+ community, the development of chosen families, and critical dialogue about privilege and philanthropy.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NEUEHOUSESafeSpace: Tough Conversations in Good Humor
Speaking
“The internet is the sharpest double-edged sword humanity has ever created. “
– Adam MacLean
Feminasty hosted by Adam MacLean with Erin Gibson @ NeueHouse
Writing
PostShame 1.0: Deweaponizing My Nudes
November 22, 2017
What do you do when you find naked photos of yourself on the internet?
NewNowNext, December 8, 2017
Closet Baker: On Learning to Bake––Against My Will
Jarry Mag, November 11, 2017
Step Dad Uncle Coach
Jarry Mag Live Reading, February 12, 2017
“I’ve seen photos of both Chelsea Handler and Vladimir Putin shirtless on a horse - why exactly are her’s the nipples that get censored?”
– Adam MacLean
Send Nudes: Privacy & Politics hosted by Adam MacLean with Lux Alptraum & Zach Stafford @ Soho House, NYC
“And then all it took was one drunken night when I didn’t use a condom before I got my own Truvada prescription.” – Adam MacLean
Truvada and the Truth: Is HIV Prevention Propelling the STI Epidemic? by Benjamin Ryan
