Jeff Lutes is a licensed professional counselor in private practice in Austin, Texas. He is the Executive Director of the Contemporary Relationships Conference (CRC) and the Queer and Trans Affirming Professional (QTAP) certification program. He has published chapters on LGBTQ+ affirmative counseling in three professional textbooks, authored a children’s book about family diversity, and presented at the conferences of the American Association of Marriage & Family Therapy, the American Family Therapy Academy, and the American Counseling Association. Jeff and his husband, Gary Stein, have been together since 1998.