delsi is a proud queer person who has 15 years of experience working in the LGBTQIA+ sector – spanning queer activism, event production, teaching, filmmaking, community engagement, as well as workshop development and delivery.

Throughout delsi’s career, they’ve had the privilege of working within LGBTQIA+ organisations such as Minus18, Switchboard Victoria, Joy94.9, Midsumma Festival, Transgender Victoria and Rainbow Network – the queer youth research translation arm for the Australian Research Centre for Sex, Health and Society (ARSCHS) at La Trobe University.

They are also the owner of the sparkly queer organisation Unicorns, that they developed 11 years ago to bring highly inclusive and accessible late night party spaces to the whole of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Their work within the queer sector has been recognised when they were a Finalist for Victorian LGBTI Person of the Year in both 2019 and 2023, named in the Google Top 50 Australian LGBTI Leaders List and when they were featured in the SBS documentary Asking for It.

delsi also took a stand against online LGBTQIA+ harassment in 2019 when they became the first Australian LGBTI person to successfully sue someone for anti-queer online defamation.

delsi is the current title holder for Mx Melbourne Rubber and recently delivered a TEDx talk on the Power of Queer Joy.

Rhiann (she/they) is a queer person with a passion for indigenous activism, community engagement and collaborative research. They have previously interned at Midsumma and worked on the Queer PHOTO 2024 project, as well as curated a community archival exhibition.

Rhiann holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) – Anthropology and Ancient World Studies at the University of Melbourne and has conducted research in North African Berber-Roman archaeology. They have delivered a TEDx Youth talk in the past on the experience of second-generation immigrant children in the Australian schooling system.

Anita is the Founder and Managing Director of Trezona Consulting Group. She is a public health and health promotion specialist with nearly 15 years’ experience across the government, health and community sectors including in policy, management, research and governance roles.

Anita completed her PhD on health system responsiveness with an emphasis on systemic barriers relating to health literacy and health equity. Through her PhD, she developed a conceptual framework, and organisational self-assessment tool, and has published several articles in the field.

Anita is an experienced consultant, with strong strategic and analytical skills, and in-depth understanding of health systems, social policy and health and social issues in Australia. Her key capabilities include evaluation, research, strategy development, and organisational governance.