{{pp-protected|small=yes}} {{Use American English|date=August 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{short description|American social media personality}} {{for|the animator|Jeff "Swampy" Marsh}} {{Infobox person | name = Jeffrey Marsh | image = Jeffrey Marsh in 2015.jpg | alt = | caption = Marsh in 2015 | birth_name = Jeffrey Earl Marsh | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|7|7}}<ref name="Wilson-2016" /><ref name=FaceMagic>{{Cite web |last=Marsh |first=Jeffrey |title=I Was Born…I Am Magic (Video) |publisher=Facebook |date=7 July 2018 |url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/}}</ref> | birth_place = York, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | alma_mater = University of the Arts <small>(BFA)</small> | occupation = Author, internet personality | years_active = 2005–present | known_for = Inspirational posts, podcasts, videos, talks on LGBTQ2+ topics | notable_works = | website = {{URL|https://jeffreymarsh.com/}} }}
'''Jeffrey Earl Marsh'''<ref>{{Cite news |title=Scholarship winners |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/522169396/ |newspaper=The Evening Sun |location=Hannover, Pennsylvania |date=April 18, 1999 |page=B-4 |volume=174 |issue=35 |edition=Sunday |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> (born July 7, 1977)<ref name=FaceMagic/> is an American social media personality and author, best known for making viral videos on Vine, Instagram, and TikTok. In 2016, they gave an interview to Newsmax and became the first openly non-binary person to speak on national television.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Season 03 Ep 02: Non-Binary: Love, Kindness, and Self-acceptance with Jeffrey Marsh |url=https://www.wildheartsociety.org/episodes/02-jeffrey-marsh |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Wild Heart Society |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jeffrey Marsh takes on conservative cable news host, Newsmax |url=https://collectivespeakers.com/news_press/jeffrey-marsh-takes-on-conservative-cable-news-host-newsmax/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Collective Speakers |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=July 2024}} Marsh is the author of ''How To Be You'' and ''Take Your Own Advice''.<ref name="NBC News-2016" /><ref name="Penguin">{{Cite web |title=Take Your Own Advice by Jeffrey Marsh: 9780593541173 {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711015/take-your-own-advice-by-jeffrey-marsh/ |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=PenguinRandomhouse.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Marsh addresses a variety of topics through social media, including LGBTQ issues, mental health and personal development.<ref name="matthewsplace" /><ref name="Lord-2015" />
== Early life and education == Marsh was born in York, Pennsylvania, to Steven and Stacy Marsh, and grew up on a farm nearby.<ref name="Streeter-2002">{{Cite news |title=Seven Valleys native lives on the Fringe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/614649818/ |newspaper=York Sunday News |date=September 1, 2002 |pages=F1, F4 |volume=75 |issue=35 |last=Streeter |first=Leslie Gray |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Stacy was a Lutheran pastor.<ref name="Streeter-2002" /> Marsh has spoken about having felt misunderstood during a self-identified rough childhood, though they felt supported by their parents, describing their parents as their biggest fans.<ref name="Streeter-2002" />
They attended Spring Grove Area High School<ref>{{Cite news |title=Honor Rolls |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/614147532/ |newspaper=The York Dispatch |date=December 8, 1994 |page=A8 |edition=Home |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, and the William Penn Performing Arts Institute at William Penn Senior High School in York.<ref name="Streeter-2002" /> Marsh graduated from Spring Grove Area High School in 1995.<ref name="Streeter-2002" /><ref>{{Cite news |title=Spring Grove Area High School graduates |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/614195079/ |newspaper=The York Dispatch |date=June 8, 1995 |page=E8 |edition=Home |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
They later attended college at the University of the Arts<ref>{{Cite news |title=Groups move toward merger |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/614284944/ |newspaper=The York Dispatch |date=April 6, 1999 |last=Merges |first=Hank |page=A2 |edition=Home |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> in Philadelphia and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater Arts in 1999,<ref>{{Cite book |title=The University of the Arts. Commencement. May 20, 1999.|url=https://archive.org/details/commencementprog1999univ/mode/2up |publisher=The University of the Arts |date=May 20, 1999 |page=6 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> later moving to New York City to pursue a career in cabaret performance<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uncabaret.com/bethlapides/book-soup-with-jeffrey-marsh|title=Book Soup with Jeffrey Marsh|date=August 27, 2016|language=en-US|access-date=September 7, 2016|archive-date=August 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827132950/http://uncabaret.com/bethlapides/book-soup-with-jeffrey-marsh|url-status=dead}}</ref> before becoming an internet celebrity<ref name="matthewsplace">{{cite web|url=http://www.matthewsplace.com/blog/interview-jeffrey-marsh-vine/|title=An Interview with Jeffrey Marsh|access-date=September 7, 2016|archive-date=September 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913065954/http://www.matthewsplace.com/blog/interview-jeffrey-marsh-vine/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and youth advocate in the LGBTQ community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lgbtweekly.com/2016/06/23/meet-jeffrey-marsh/|title=Meet Jeffrey Marsh|last=Hoff|first=Victor|website=LGBT Weekly|access-date=September 7, 2016|archive-date=October 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013145756/http://lgbtweekly.com/2016/06/23/meet-jeffrey-marsh/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Career == === Live performance and cabaret === In Philadelphia after college, Marsh was a cabaret performance artist.<ref name="NBC News-2016"/> Marsh's show, ''An Evening with Jeffrey Marsh'', was one of the founding performances of the Philadelphia Gay & Lesbian Theater Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mycitypaper.com/articles/2003-06-05/art.shtml|title=Taking the Stage|last=Whittington|first=Lewis|website=Philadelphia City Paper |date=June 5–11, 2003 |via=mycitypaper.com|access-date=September 7, 2016|archive-date=March 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313175935/https://mycitypaper.com/articles/2003-06-05/art.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>
After moving to New York City in 2005, Marsh began performing as part of the downtown cabaret scene.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mixed Bag|url=https://mycitypaper.com/articles/2005-06-30/list_mixedbag.shtml|access-date=July 15, 2021|website=mycitypaper.com|archive-date=July 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715234546/https://mycitypaper.com/articles/2005-06-30/list_mixedbag.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Marsh appeared at popular venues including Joe's Pub<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Joes-Pub-Presents-29-by-Gaby-Alter-Willie-Nile-20101013|title=Joe's Pub Presents 29 by Gaby Alter, Willie Nile|author=BWW News Desk|website=BroadwayWorld.com|access-date=March 11, 2016|archive-date=May 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510050542/https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Joes-Pub-Presents-29-by-Gaby-Alter-Willie-Nile-20101013|url-status=live}}</ref> and Don't Tell Mama. At Dixon Place, they starred in "Julian", a 2010 musical based on the life of vaudeville performer Julian Eltinge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.culturebot.org/2010/02/5530/julian-at-dixon-place/|title=Julian at Dixon Place|first=George|last=Hunka|website=Culturebot|date=February 11, 2010|access-date=March 11, 2016|archive-date=September 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917080009/http://www.culturebot.org/2010/02/5530/julian-at-dixon-place/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, Marsh was commissioned to create a performance art piece honoring Richard Simmons at the Museum of Art and Design.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/movies/vhs-film-retrospective-at-museum-of-arts-and-design.html|title=VHS Film Retrospective at Museum of Arts and Design|last=Piepenburg|first=Erik|date=June 28, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=September 7, 2016|archive-date=May 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170530071249/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/movies/vhs-film-retrospective-at-museum-of-arts-and-design.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Social media === Marsh's Vines usually feature an affirming or empowering statement delivered directly to the camera, or a song, joke, or dance.{{Citation needed |date=June 2023}} Their most popular Vine to date, with over 26 million loops, shows Marsh saying, "I can predict the future, and you're going to be ok."{{Citation needed |date=June 2023}} It is the Vine that ''Bustle'' claims "broke Tumblr with its greatness."<ref name="Lord-2015">{{cite web|url=http://www.bustle.com/articles/107680-jeffrey-marshs-inspirational-vines-will-soothe-your-soul-in-less-than-6-seconds|title=Jeffrey Marsh's Inspirational Vines Will Soothe Your Soul In Less Than 6 Seconds|website=bustle.com|first=Emma|last=Lord|date=August 31, 2015|access-date=March 11, 2016|archive-date=May 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509221228/https://www.bustle.com/articles/107680-jeffrey-marshs-inspirational-vines-will-soothe-your-soul-in-less-than-6-seconds|url-status=live}}</ref>
Mashable was the first mainstream media outlet to label Marsh the Internet's "anti-bully".<ref>{{Citation|title=Jeffrey Marsh: Vine Star, LGBTQ Activist, and Anti-Bully|date=October 31, 2014|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1EIIEY9nFc|website=Mashable|accessdate=March 11, 2016|archive-date=May 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506221842/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1EIIEY9nFc|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Huffington Post'' has said of Marsh: "In the technological age, the face of activism has evolved along with the way in which we communicate. Marsh is part of a generation of LGBTQ activists who, through social media, are changing minds and perceptions in parts of the world where people may not encounter a queer person in their day to day lives."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/13/jeffrey-marsh-vine-star_n_6311896.html|title=Meet The Genderqueer Vine Star Changing Hearts And Minds One Hashtag At A Time|website=The Huffington Post|date=December 13, 2014|access-date=March 11, 2016|archive-date=February 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209211113/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/13/jeffrey-marsh-vine-star_n_6311896.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Digg described Marsh's overall message as, "Be yourself. Be happy with yourself. Be more comfortable with your differences — and embrace and enjoy them."<ref name="digg.com-2014">{{cite web|url=http://digg.com/2014/vines-gay-superheroine|title=Vine's Gay Superheroine|website=digg.com|date=October 29, 2014 |access-date=March 11, 2016|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305132919/http://digg.com/2014/vines-gay-superheroine|url-status=live}}</ref>
Marsh is the official social media ambassador and red carpet correspondent for the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN).<ref name="cbslocal.com">{{cite web |title=Jeffrey Marsh, Viner Of The Year, Says Stop Trying to Be Someone Else and Start Living Your Life. |url=http://jackseattle.cbslocal.com/2016/08/08/jeffrey-marsh-viner-of-the-year-says-stop-trying-to-be-someone-else-and-start-living-your-life/ |access-date=August 8, 2016 |website=cbslocal.com |archive-date=October 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018225146/http://jackseattle.cbslocal.com/2016/08/08/jeffrey-marsh-viner-of-the-year-says-stop-trying-to-be-someone-else-and-start-living-your-life/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Marsh interviewed several celebrities, including Zachary Quinto and J.J. Abrams, on the red carpet at the 2015 GLSEN Respect Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/upi/6935137f29db6933d84c69f038709b0b/Jeffrey-Marsh-attends-the-GLSEN-Respect-Awards-in-Beverly-Hills/|title=Jeffrey Marsh attends the GLSEN Respect Awards in Beverly Hills|website=UPI|access-date=March 23, 2016|archive-date=October 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019001752/http://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/upi/6935137f29db6933d84c69f038709b0b/Jeffrey-Marsh-attends-the-GLSEN-Respect-Awards-in-Beverly-Hills/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Marsh created a vine for GLAAD's #LoveWins campaign<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2015/06/26/gay-marriage-twitter-reactions/|title=The most heartwarming reactions to same-sex marriage becoming legal across the U.S.|first=Laura|last=Vitto|website=Mashable|date=June 26, 2015|access-date=March 11, 2016|archive-date=March 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309070634/http://mashable.com/2015/06/26/gay-marriage-twitter-reactions/|url-status=live}}</ref> (celebrating marriage equality) and helped create the #GotYourBack campaign with the media awareness group's staff.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.glaad.org/blog/members-glaads-staff-star-gotyourback-vine-jeffrey-marsh|title=Members of GLAAD's staff star in #GotYourBack Vine with Jeffrey Marsh|website=GLAAD|date=March 13, 2015|access-date=March 11, 2016|archive-date=August 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830233340/http://www.glaad.org/blog/members-glaads-staff-star-gotyourback-vine-jeffrey-marsh|url-status=live}}</ref> Marsh has also worked with The Trevor Project to prevent teen suicide, through their #HeartYourself hashtag campaign.<ref name="Wilson-2016">{{cite web|last=Wilson|first=A. R.|date=August 30, 2016|title=Vine star and LGBTQ activist Jeffrey Marsh on 'How To Be You' (Includes interview)|url=https://www.digitaljournal.com/entertainment/vine-star-and-lgbtq-activist-jeffrey-marsh-on-how-to-be-you/article/473564|access-date=July 15, 2021|website=Digital Journal|language=en-US|archive-date=July 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715234545/https://www.digitaljournal.com/entertainment/vine-star-and-lgbtq-activist-jeffrey-marsh-on-how-to-be-you/article/473564|url-status=live}}</ref>
Marsh also created the #NoTimeToHate myself and #DontSayThatsSoGay campaigns on Vine to combat homophobia and bring awareness to the gay identity.<ref name="digg.com-2014" />
About Vine, Marsh told Digg, "I make Vines as a time machine, I'm making them for my 10-year-old self back in Pennsylvania on the farm. Which, as I've come to find out, there are a lot of 10-year-old 'me's' around. [My Vines] are a way to bring healing to everybody, including me."<ref name="digg.com-2014" /> One of Marsh's Vines was chosen #5 in BuzzFeed's list of the top Vines of 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=49 Of The Best Six-Second Videos From The Second Year Of Vine|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/alivelez/49-of-the-best-vines-from-the-second-year-of-vine#.xqP1YXKbN|access-date=March 11, 2016|website=BuzzFeed|date=January 22, 2015 |archive-date=August 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150820143815/http://www.buzzfeed.com/alivelez/49-of-the-best-vines-from-the-second-year-of-vine#.xqP1YXKbN|url-status=live}}</ref> It depicts Marsh saying, "Don't forget: you have as much of a right to be here as anyone else." Because of their viral popularity, they were awarded the title "Vine's Gay Superheroine" by Digg.<ref name="digg.com-2014" />
In 2016, CBS described Marsh as "the internet's most beloved anti-bully."<ref name="cbslocal.com" />
Marsh also has a large following on Instagram and TikTok. Marsh appeared on both LeAnn Rimes’ and Alyssa Milano’s podcasts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wholly Human with LeAnn Rimes: Jeffrey Marsh on the Transformative, Radical Power of Self-Acceptance on Apple Podcasts |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/jeffrey-marsh-on-the-transformative-radical-power/id1540357529?i=1000532766233 |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Alyssa Milano: Sorry Not Sorry: TikTok Influencer/Activists on Apple Podcasts |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tiktok-influencer-activists/id1460720864?i=1000591870983 |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Print and other media === Marsh has been a contributor to CBS, RTL-TV, CNBC, the BBC, and ''Rolling Stone'', where they have also been interviewed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-18 |title=Jeffrey Marsh, Viner Of The Year, Says Stop Trying to Be Someone Else and Start Living Your Life. « Jack Seattle FM |url=http://jackseattle.cbslocal.com/2016/08/08/jeffrey-marsh-viner-of-the-year-says-stop-trying-to-be-someone-else-and-start-living-your-life/ |access-date=2024-04-23 |archive-date=October 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018225146/http://jackseattle.cbslocal.com/2016/08/08/jeffrey-marsh-viner-of-the-year-says-stop-trying-to-be-someone-else-and-start-living-your-life/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jeffrey Marsh {{!}} Penguin Random House |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2134870/jeffrey-marsh |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=PenguinRandomhouse.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Marsh |first=Jeffrey |date=2023-06-15 |title=I lived as a monk and studied Zen for 20 years—here's the No. 1 thing people miss when they talk about happiness |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/15/i-lived-as-a-monk-and-studied-buddhism-for-20-years-heres-the-no-1-thing-it-taught-me-about-happiness.html |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/genderqueer-vine-star-jeffrey-marsh-offers-advice-for-being-true-to-yourself_us_57a35719e4b0104052a17b26|title=Here's What It's Like To Be Genderqueer|first=Kira|last=Brekke|date=August 6, 2016|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=September 7, 2016|archive-date=September 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907011618/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/genderqueer-vine-star-jeffrey-marsh-offers-advice-for-being-true-to-yourself_us_57a35719e4b0104052a17b26|url-status=live}}</ref>
In August 2016, Marsh released their first book, ''How to Be You'', via Penguin Random House.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/536846/how-to-be-you-by-jeffrey-marsh/9780143110125/|title=How to Be You by Jeffrey Marsh {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com|access-date=March 11, 2016|archive-date=March 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324233238/http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/536846/how-to-be-you-by-jeffrey-marsh/9780143110125|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ktla.com/2016/08/11/the-gender-fluid-generation/|title=The Gender Fluid Generation|date=August 11, 2016|website=KTLA|access-date=September 7, 2016|archive-date=September 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919225412/http://ktla.com/2016/08/11/the-gender-fluid-generation/|url-status=live}}</ref> The book is Marsh's own story of "growing up fabulous in a small farming town," and also serves as a workbook, inviting readers to participate in activities and answer questions about how they do the things they do. NBC News describes the book as "part memoir, part self-help, but also a workbook," and "'a love letter' to Marsh's 11-year-old self."<ref name="NBC News-2016">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/outfront-genderqueer-advocate-jeffrey-marsh-how-be-you-n643946|title=Genderqueer advocate Jeffrey Marsh on "How to Be You"|website=NBC News|date=September 8, 2016 |access-date=September 8, 2016|archive-date=September 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908134057/http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/outfront-genderqueer-advocate-jeffrey-marsh-how-be-you-n643946|url-status=live}}</ref> Marsh said in an interview with ''Digital Journal'' that the book is influenced by their practice of Buddhism.<ref name="Wilson-2016" />
In conjunction with the release of the book ''How to Be You'', they also became a regular contributing writer for ''Time'' magazine<ref>{{cite news|url=https://time.com/4394691/jeffrey-marsh-how-to-be-you/|title=How to Handle Trolls and Haters|last=Marsh|first=Jeffrey|website=TIME.com|access-date=September 7, 2016|archive-date=September 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160906223349/http://time.com/4394691/jeffrey-marsh-how-to-be-you/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4454468/jeffrey-marsh-how-to-live-your-best-life/|title=Social Media Star Jeffrey Marsh on How to Live Your Best Life|last=Marsh|first=Jeffrey|magazine=Time|access-date=September 7, 2016|archive-date=August 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831071155/http://time.com/4454468/jeffrey-marsh-how-to-live-your-best-life/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Oprah.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oprah.com/inspiration/Jeffrey-Marsh-How-Well-Do-You-Know-Yourself|title=QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Yourself?|website=oprah.com|access-date=September 7, 2016|archive-date=October 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019015439/http://www.oprah.com/inspiration/Jeffrey-Marsh-How-Well-Do-You-Know-Yourself|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oprah.com/inspiration/jeffrey-marshs-vines-are-all-about-positivity-and-self-acceptance/all|title=The Vine Account You Need to Follow for Daily Inspiration|website=www.oprah.com|access-date=September 7, 2016|archive-date=October 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019013028/http://www.oprah.com/inspiration/jeffrey-marshs-vines-are-all-about-positivity-and-self-acceptance/all|url-status=live}}</ref>
After ''The New York Times'' tweeted a cartoon portraying presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as a gay lovers, Marsh said: "There seems to be no greater insult than comparing someone to a queer. For an LGBTQ youth, it's not background noise. When it comes up on their feed it feels like a direct personal attack, and to have a group that's as well-established as the ''New York Times'' personally attacking you feels horrendous."<ref>{{cite news |title=New York Times under fire for 'homophobic' cartoon of Trump and Putin |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-media-gay/new-york-times-under-fire-for-homophobic-cartoon-of-trump-and-putin-idUSKBN1K802J |work=Reuters |date=July 18, 2018 |access-date=July 18, 2018 |archive-date=July 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718144816/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-media-gay/new-york-times-under-fire-for-homophobic-cartoon-of-trump-and-putin-idUSKBN1K802J |url-status=live }}</ref>
In May 2023, Marsh released their second book, ''Take Your Own Advice'' via Penguin Random House.<ref name="Jones-2023">{{Cite magazine |last=Jones |first=C. T. |date=2023-05-19 |title=The Far Right Wants This LGBTQ TikToker Dead. They Say That's Only Making Them Stronger |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/lgbtq-tiktok-jeffrey-marsh-interview-1234738514/ |access-date=2024-04-23 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BESTSELLER: TAKE YOUR OWN ADVICE |url=https://www.jeffreymarsh.com/takeyourownadvice |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=Jeffrey Marsh |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Penguin" /> The book details Marsh’s activism and Buddhist practice.<ref name="Jones-2023" /> In their review, Apple Books said "If you’ve ever found it hard to love yourself, Jeffrey Marsh definitely knows how you feel—and how to build up that self-acceptance you’ve been missing."<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.apple.com/us/book/take-your-own-advice/id6443288192 |title=Take Your Own Advice |date=2023-07-06 |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' said of ''Take Your Own Advice'' that "Marsh uses their own story of growth and struggle to encourage readers to give themselves the kindness they usually reserve for others".<ref name="Jones-2023" />
== Personal life == Marsh identifies as genderqueer and uses ''they/them'' pronouns.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 8, 2016 |title=Genderqueer advocate Jeffrey Marsh on "How to Be You" |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/outfront-genderqueer-advocate-jeffrey-marsh-how-be-you-n643946 |access-date=May 28, 2023 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=November 9, 2017|title=Photos: For #TransWeek, these influencers show their lives #BeyondTheBinary|url=https://www.glaad.org/blog/photos-transweek-these-influencers-show-their-lives-beyondthebinary|access-date=July 15, 2021|website=GLAAD|language=en|archive-date=July 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715234556/https://www.glaad.org/blog/photos-transweek-these-influencers-show-their-lives-beyondthebinary|url-status=live}}</ref> Marsh has also identified at various times as a gay man, queer, and genderfluid.<ref name="Wilson-2016" />
Marsh is a Buddhist, and has studied Buddhism since the late 1990s.<ref name="Wilson-2016" />
== See also == * Queery * Media portrayal of LGBTQ people * Jacob Tobia
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{official|https://jeffreymarsh.com/}}
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