As an award-winning journalist, anchor, and author, Don Lemon knows the power of personal narrative. After his unceremonious firing from CNN, Lemon’s next chapter became one rooted in stepping out on faith. His new venture, <em>The Don Lemon Show</em>, brought the anchor back onto screens on his own terms. The daily show, which streams directly to his millions plus followers across YouTube, IG, TikTok, and podcast platforms like I Heart Radio, tackles everything “from social issues and race to current events and the fight for democracy.” This fall he released his memoir, <em>I Once Was Lost: My Search for God in America</em>. The 2016 Native Son Award-winner acknowledges that while the book started as an examination of religion in the United States, his reporting took him on a transformative journey through personal loss, grief, and doubt. For the last two year, Lemon has hosted the Native Son Awards, and he is the cover star of our second Native Son on Queerty digital cover. Today Lemon’s ever more grounded in his gift and continues amplifying his mantra of speaking truth to power. — J.S.M.