FAQs

Avery Wright

(she/her)

Avery, originally from South Africa, is in the final year of her Arts degree at UWA and works as a disability support worker.

She is a Pride Officer at UWA Student Guild where her department works with a committee, the UWA LGBTQIA+ working group, and community groups (particularly local healthcare providers) to organise events and provide resources for LGBTQIA+ students on campus. She is also a member of Rainbow Labor. 

Braden Hill

(he/him)

Braden is a Nyoongar (Wardandi) man from the south-west of Western Australia and is the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Equity and Indigenous) and Head of Kurongkurl Katitjin at ECU’s Centre for Indigenous Australian Education and Research. His current portfolio responsibilities include leading ECU’s commitment to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander advancement and Equity and Diversity, including initiatives in LGBTQIA+ Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. He is also a key part of the steering group leading on ECU’s new Perth campus.

Braden is also on the board of Pride Cup, a national non-profit committed to LGBTQIA+ inclusion in sport.

Caro Duca

(they/them)

Caro is the Program Manager for Lotterywest ‘Dream Plan Do’ Program at Community Arts Network, which gives a platform for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) community groups to showcase their stories and experiences with the support of funding and structured mentoring. They are also on WAAPA’s Equity and Opportunity Working group.

Caro’s work includes The Out Cast (a collaboration with Dykes on Bikes WA), Teatro Latinx (an inclusive space for Perth-based Latin Americans of all genders and sexualities) and the upcoming Queer Latinx Film Festival (spring 2021).

Clint Woolly

(he/him/they/them)

Clint has lived in Papua New Guinea and New Zealand prior to calling Perth home. Clint is of PNG, Fijian, NZ Maori and NZ British descent and speaks and understands several languages.

He has extensive experience working on various boards and committees and founded Rainbow Papua New Guinea, an online and social platform for LGBTQIA+ Papua New Guineans.

Clint works at Bankwest on the website team and champions digital accessibility. They're also on the Inclusion @ Bankwest committee promoting the importance and value of meeting the needs of people with disability.

Curtis Ward

(he/him)

Curtis is the current President on the board of Pride WA and has been a speaker at several panel discussions regarding equity and inclusion.

He is a lawyer specialising in family law and has advocated on behalf of the LGBTQIA+ community in his work with the Law Society of WA. Curtis drafted a law reform submission on behalf of the Law Society of Western Australia to expunge historic homosexual convictions, which was subsequently enacted in 2017.

Curtis is a City of Perth resident.

David Goncalves

(he/him)

David has been involved in activism since 1999. He was involved in advocating for Gay & Lesbian Law Reform in WA, helped establish Curtin University’s Queer Department in his role as Student Guild Vice-President, was one of the lead WA organisers for the Marriage Equality campaign during 2009-2012 as the convenor of Gay and Lesbian Equality WA and is a former Rainbow Labor President.

He currently helps organise STEM-based academic and education events and conferences throughout the world.

David is a City of Perth resident.

Hunter Gurevich

(he/him)

Hunter is the Chair of TransFolk of WA, an organisation supporting trans and gender diverse people, and has completed a thesis on Queer Theory.

As a medical student, Hunter is working with his medical school to improve their practices around LGBTQIA+ teaching and medical education. Hunter foresees his whole medical career to be deeply interconnected with providing services to LGBTQIA+ people that suits their needs and improves health outcomes to match the broader community.

Kate Buckle

(she/her)

Kate is a Fire Engineer at Arup and originally from Brisbane. Upon moving to Perth, she found there was no LGBTQIA+ network at Arup and successfully applied for the position as the LGBTQIA+ portfolio lead on the Regional Executive Diversity & Inclusion committee. This role was expanded to establish a Diversity & Inclusion committee for the Perth office where Kate led all inclusion portfolios, including LGBTQIA+, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Gender, Disability and Culture. She is now looking to extend her influence beyond the workplace.

Kate is a City of Perth resident.

Katherine Sherrie

(she/her)

As a student at University of Sydney, Katherine was a founding committee member and eventual President of Sydney University Shades, the largest LGBTQIA+ student group in the Southern Hemisphere. 

She has also been a speaker at an Out For Australia event in Perth and has previously lived in Texas where she has gained an understanding of equity issues through the lack of employment protections for LGBTQIA+ people in Texas. She currently works in marketing and was recognised as a Future Leader in the 2020 Australian Marketing Institute Awards.

Katherine is a City of Perth resident.

Kedy is the A/CEO for the Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing, the state peak body for domestic and family violence (DFV), sexual assault and women’s health services. She has worked in this sector for over 35 years.

Paul is a specialist business journalist, with a background in LGBTQIA+ advocacy. 

Paul has served in leadership positions within the community since 2010. As a former President of Pride WA, and founder of All Things Queer radio, Paul has advocated for marriage equality and LGBTQIA+ rights for over a decade. 

He was instrumental in securing funding for a variety of not for profits over recent months.

Paul is a City of Perth resident.

Perth Inner City Youth Service (PICYS) 

represented by (shared seat)

Dani Wright Toussaint (they/them)

Andrew Hall* (he/him) 

PICYS operates three primary services focused on homelessness, mental health and inclusion activities in the community for young people who reside and/or frequent the City of Perth. They have an Intentional Focus to engage 1:2 young people who identify as LGBTQIA+ and 1:3 who identify as Trans or Gender Diverse.

PICYS will be co-represented by Dani, who has been a Director of the National LGBTI Health Alliance, a board member of Living Proud LGBTI Community Services of WA and the Coordinator of the Freedom Centre for young LGBTQIA+ people. They are currently a Specialist LGBTI Youth Support Worker at PICYS and a volunteer support group facilitator of Trans Folk WA,

Dani will share the position with Andrew, an LGBTQIA+ ally. Andrew has worked in the community and youth services space for over 35 years. He is an Executive Officer at PICYS, a Board Director at Rainbow Community House, a Board Director at WANSLEA, and Chair of OASIS Lotteries House Inc.  

Sarah Feldman

(she/her)

Sarah is a Jewish lesbian who immigrated to Perth three years ago from the United States. She lives in the Perth CBD with her Australian wife. 

Sarah has been invested in LGBTQIA+ rights and activism since her days at university, where she co-founded a Gay Straight Alliance for her fellow students. They successfully campaigned to change multiple university policies around gender discrimination and facilitated student attendance to national LGBTQIA+ conferences.

Steve Wellard

(he/him)

Steve works for General Electric (now Wabtec Corp) where he was the WA Leader of their LGBTI Employee group and is currently one of the APAC Region representatives on Wabtec Corporations LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group. 

He is active in the LGBTQIA+ sports community as a former member of the Perth White Pointers Waterpolo Team, current member of the Rainbow Warriors Swim Team and committee member of the Perth Frontrunners.

Steve is a City of Perth ratepayer and Chair of West Perth Local.

Will Knox 

(they/them)

Will is a Bachelor of Communications graduate and part time architecture student currently working at Murdoch University.

At Murdoch, they co-facilitated the ALLY Program, a non-mandatory workplace training initiative to help staff and students understand the perspectives and challenges faced by the wider-LGBTQIA+ community. They are part of the LGBTQIA+ Advisory Committee for Murdoch University and have worked as a Student Advisor under the Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP) focusing on supporting students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Will is a City of Perth resident.