Alastair is currently the Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, having previously worked for Hepatitis NSW, as a federal ministerial adviser, and in the Victorian public service.

Alastair is a long-term advocate for the LGBTIQ+ community, currently serving on the Board of LGBTIQ+ Health Australia, as an advisor to the Board of Just.Equal Australia, and on the LGBTI subcommittee of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights.

In 2017, Alastair was a finalist in the ‘Tony Fitzgerald Community Individual Category’ at the Australian Human Rights Awards, organised by the Australian Human Rights Commission.

Dr Sarah Bowman is a Clinical Psychologist working within the LGBTIQA+ community. She holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Psychology) (First Class Honours), Master of Clinical Psychology and a Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology) degrees.

She has been an active member of the LGBTIQ+ community and has an extensive history volunteering with Twenty10. Her roles have ranged from supervising the drop-in centre to public speaking and community outreach work. In 2015 she was awarded the Peter Trebilco volunteer award.

Additional community engagements include lecturing and peer training on gender diversity and serving on the board for LGBTIQ+ Health Australia.

Charlie is a senior finance professional at Westpac Group.

Starting his career with one of the major global audit firm, Charlie holds strong financial and operating knowledge across different industries both in Australia and abroad.

Being a local small business owner at the same time, Charlie and his partner have dedicated their time to support the LGBTQIA+ community and raise awareness of importance of engaging with our community and create a safe place for all through gardening, arts and craft in Newtown.

Charlie believes mental health is critical to younger queer folks and has significant lifelong impact. “Our young queer folks deserve equal care and support just like everyone else. We still have a long way to achieve this.”

Cai Ross is a Marketing and Communications professional with over 5 years of experience spanning government, nonprofit and agency settings. They currently work at Youth Action NSW as a Communications & Advocacy Officer. Prior to this, Cai worked at Anti-Discrimination NSW as the Communications lead to mark the historic Conversion Practices Ban Act 2024 in NSW.

Cai brings a strong commitment to equity and social justice, with a particular passion for LGBTQIA+ communities and young people.

Drawing on their lived experience as a queer and neurodiverse person to inform their advocacy and communications work, they are passionate about creating inclusive, community-led campaigns that elevate underrepresented voices.

“I believe queer voices deserve to be heard, cherished and amplified. I want to live in a world where queer young people are safe, supported, seen and celebrated.

Liza-Mare has family ties to the Birripai and Worrimai people of the Mid North Coast of NSW. She is a co-founder of Moogahlin Performing Arts and served on its artistic and company leadership team for sixteen years. Liza-Mare has been appointed to various arts boards, including Performing Lines, Performance Space, and Australian Plays, and she currently sits on the board of Australian Plays Transforms.

She is a Creative Australia peer and has served on the City of Sydney’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Committee for six years. She was Head of Theatre at the Eora Centre in Redfern, the Senior Aboriginal Arts and Cultural Officer for Arts NSW and is now an Associate Professor Scientia in the School of Arts and Media, and the Associate Dean Indigenous in the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture at UNSW. She is an award-winning academic and has a wide publication record in the field of Indigenous performing arts.

With over 15 years of experience in the property industry, Queenie started her career in architecture before she found her passion for housing; most recently as Head of Australian Programs at international non-profit, Habitat for Humanity Australia. In previous roles in impact investment and asset management, Queenie led the delivery of over 400 Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) homes, and managed portfolios of ~$150m of social and affordable housing

She was named Western Sydney Executive Woman of the Year in the 2020 Western Sydney Women Awards. Queenie strongly believes that housing is a human right; and critical infrastructure that forms the basis of social and economic stability.

Estelle is a Yorta Yorta and Wemba Wemba trans woman who grew up on Noongar Boodja and currently resides on Gadigal Ngurra.

She is a Coordinator in ACON’s First Nations Health Programs and a member of the Trans Health Equity team.

Outside her work at ACON, Estelle serves on the Equality Australia National TransEquality Council, the First Nations Gender Justice Institute’s Inaugural Advisory Committee, the Incarcerated Trans and Gender Diverse Fund Committee, and is a Director of the All Nations Housing Cooperative. She is also an administrator for the Brotherboys, Sistergirls and Gender Diverse Mob Facebook community.

Estelle is passionate about strengthening community-led approaches to health equity and improving outcomes for First Nations queer, trans and gender diverse people.