Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff from the landmark marriage equality case Obergefell v. Hodges, is a speaker on LGBTQ+ equality and civil rights represented by Keppler Speakers.

He co-founded Equality Vines, a cause-based wine label in Sonoma County, CA that supports equality organizations with premium wines. Jim is also an Executive Producer on the JustMarried Project, consisting of a coffee table book, podcast series, and documentary series.

Jim is a member of the Family Equality Board of Directors, Equality Sandusky Board of Directors, and sits on advisory boards for the GLBT Historical Society and Mattachine Society of Washington, DC. He is a past SAGE board member and former Family Equality staff member.

Jim co-authored the book Love Wins, published by William Morrow, and he has authored book forewords, chapters, and afterwords as well as essays and Op-Eds.

He ran for the Ohio House of Representatives in 2022 and had earlier careers as a high school German teacher, corporate trainer, relationship manager, software education consultant, and real estate agent.

A graduate of the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati resident for more than 30 years, Jim now lives in his hometown of Sandusky, OH. In his free time, Jim enjoys photography, travel, choral singing, reading, painting, and art museums.