Meet The Founder

Tyson Pete

   Tyson Pete is an award-winning author, certified life coach, celebrity chef, recording artist, speaker, nonprofit founder, and advocate whose work is rooted in healing, leadership, visibility, and authentic living.

   As the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Courageous Love Collective Magazine, Tyson created the publication to amplify voices, celebrate diversity, and provide meaningful resources for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and its allies. What began as a platform focused on supporting gay fathers has evolved into a vibrant publication dedicated to storytelling, advocacy, education, culture, wellness, and community empowerment.

Tyson is best known as the author of Courageous Love: A Self-Help Guide for Gay Fathers, recipient of the 2025 Regal Summit Book Award for Best Parenting Book. His work has earned national and international recognition, including honors as an American Book Honor 2026 Recipient, American LitFest 2026 Author Awardee, LitFest America Literary Excellence Honoree, LitFest Talks Featured Author, and LitFest Talks Honorary Speaker.

   Beyond publishing, Tyson is the Founder and Executive Director of P.R.O.U.D. Inc. (Presence, Responsibility, Ownership, Unity, Development), a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering LGBTQ+ fathers, families, and communities through education, mentorship, advocacy, leadership development, and healing-centered programming. Through initiatives such as The Courage Lab, Family Rebuilt, and P.R.O.U.D. Academy, he continues to create pathways for personal growth, family stability, and community transformation.

   His personal journey; from adversity and silence to visibility and purpose, has become the foundation of his life's work. Through books, coaching, speaking engagements, music, nonprofit leadership, culinary ventures, and media, Tyson encourages others to transform pain into purpose, challenges into strength, and life experiences into lasting legacy.

   Today, Tyson continues to inspire audiences worldwide while leading Courageous Love Collective Magazine with a simple but powerful belief:

Every story deserves to be heard. Every voice deserves to be valued. And courageous love has the power to change lives, strengthen families, and build a more compassionate world.