Natalie is a Research Fellow with the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS), La Trobe University. Nat’s research centres around LGBTQA+ wellbeing. She is currently working on reporting the outcomes of Australia’s largest national surveys of LGBTQA+ adults (Private Lives 3) and youth (Writing Themselves In 4).

Rosalie is a Research Fellow with the Translational Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University. Rosalie’s research focuses on marginalized population health, specialising in sexual health, disability and LGBTQ health and using arts-based, mixed-methods, and co-creation approaches. Rosalie’s research draws on 15+ years experience in the disability and sexual health sectors.

Margherita has undertaken the Australia Institute of Company Directors training and has sat a several Boards in Executive and non-executive positions. Recently was appointed Co-Chair of ILGA Oceania & member of the ILGA World Board. In 2020, was appointed as ILGA Oceania first Disability Sub-Committee Chair and is the current Vice Chair on Drummond/&Queer-space Board. She is immediate past President of the National Ethnic Disability Alliances. Has been appointed two terms to the Victoria Ministerial LGBTI Taskforce in 2020 and SBS Community Advisory Committee since 2019. Previously, she held the position of Chair on Arts Access Victoria and Australia Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) Boards. Non-Executive positions on Spectrum Migrants Resources Centre and Action on Disability Within Ethnic Communities, Women with Disabilities Australia and Short Statured People of Australia. Both 2018 and 2021, Margherita was invited be a panelist member and Moderator on the LGBTIQA side events at the United Nationals CRPD (Convention of the Rights of People with Disability) COSP11 (Convention of the State Party) & COSP13 in New York. Margherita is first generation Australian, born to Sicilian mother who migrated in the 1959. She was born with a Short Statured condition and is a proud feminist and lesbian. In her spare time, you will find Margherita either taking photos, volunteering, working out in the gym, travelling wine and whisky tasting and chilling with friends.