Ryan Fitzgibbon

Ryan Fitzgibbon is an artist and publisher. After beginning as a communication designer at IDEO in San Francisco, California, he founded Hello Mr. in 2012. Fitzgibbon self-published ten issues of the magazine from Brooklyn, New York before moving to Tulsa, Oklahoma in January of 2020. Shortly after arriving, he was diagnosed with HIV at the height of the pandemic. His work in Oklahoma to protect LGBTQ+ rights includes the expansion of HIV/AIDS care and prevention through Tulsa CARES, in addition to supporting The Black Wall Street Times in the production of multiple publications and opening of a newsroom and storefront in Greenwood. Fitzgibbon is 2021-2023 awardee of the Tulsa Artist Fellowship.