About The CREATOR

  • Attorney and founder of Zaylore Stout & Associates.

  • Author of domestic and international award-winning book

    Our Gay History Fifty States.

  • Corporate keynote speaker on legal, intersectionality, and supplier diversity. 

  • Lived through the Los Angeles Riots of 1992 and the Minneapolis Riots of 2020.

Zaylore Stout was raised in Southern California and as a youth lived through the Los Angeles Riots resulting in the aftermath of the acquittal of police officers who were filmed beating Rodney King.

He received his B.A. from Cal State Fullerton in International Business Management and later moved to Minnesota in 2007 to attend the University of St. Thomas School of Law where he was elected Student Government President and graduated in 2010.

Zaylore founded his own law firm, Zaylore Stout & Associates, which handles employment law matters which include sexual harassment, discrimination, wrongful termination, and wage & hour disputes.

His is a the triple certified law firm in the State of Minnesota (minority, disability, and LGBTQ+ owned). Zaylore currently serves on the board of directors for FairVote Minnesota, which advocates for the reforming of our voting process resulting in the election of more diverse candidates. 

Zaylore is an internationally published and sought-after keynote speaker. His first book titled Our Gay History in Fifty States which highlighted the most significant people, places, and “queer facts” relating to LGBTQIA+ history on a state-by-state basis won numerous domestic and international awards.