Speakers Bureau

TiPS Graduate

Abdurahman Katamish

With five years of experience working and volunteering in queer and non-profit organizations across Australia, I am committed to fostering inclusive and multicultural spaces.

Presentation Topics

  • Advocacy
  • Arab/MENA Community Engagement
  • Awareness storytelling
  • DEI
  • Digital Content Creation
  • Empowerment
  • ...
TiPS Graduate

Alex Coombs

A gay, grey and physical disabled man living with spinal cord injury rolling through life on a wheelchair.
I am the son of Eurasian immigrants originally from Malaysia.
I have worked from 28 years as a health social worker in client care and focusing on HIV/AIDS & sexual health in both WA and Victoria.

Presentation Topics

  • Advocacy
  • Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Illness and Disability
  • Community Engagement
  • Empowerment
  • LGBTIQA+ Advocacy
  • ...
TiPS Graduate

Alex Potter

Alex is a parent, a career public health professional and a soccer devotee.

Presentation Topics

  • Group facilitation
  • Health Equity
  • Inclusion
  • Power and Privilege
  • Rainbow Families
  • Transgender and Gender Diverse Identities
TiPS Graduate

Alicia Herrera

Alicia Herrera is a queer, neurodiverse, and culturally linguistic communications professional with a passion for fostering inclusion and equity.

Presentation Topics

  • Advocacy
  • Intersectionality
Amber Ryder Headshot - speaking behind a podium on stage in the VPC Theatrette
TiPS Graduate

Amber Ryder

Amber Ryder is a proud, queer storyteller, facilitator, artist and activist who draws on personal experiences to foster understanding and social change.

Presentation Topics

  • Advocacy
  • Awareness storytelling
  • Chronic Illness
  • Empowerment
  • Hope for the Future
  • Intersectionality
  • ...
TiPS Graduate

Basem ‘Bas’ Kerbage

Human rights activist, with a strong focus on LGBTQIA+ Arab/Middle East North Africa (MENA) communities.

Presentation Topics

  • Arab/MENA Community Engagement
  • Community Engagement
  • Mental Health
  • Solidarity
TiPS Graduate

Bayley Turner

Bayley Turner is a writer, performer, consent advocate, intimacy coordinator and proud member of the queer and transgender communities.

Presentation Topics

  • Advocacy
  • Awareness storytelling
  • Community Engagement
  • Conference presentations
  • Creativity and Communication
  • DEI
  • ...
TiPS Graduate

Belinda Cassie

Initially beginning her career in education, Belinda took a leap into nursing and fell in love with the depth of the human experience and resiliency of the human spirit.

Presentation Topics

  • Advocacy
  • Faith
  • Family Violence
  • Inclusion
  • Queer activism
TiPS Graduate

Bradley Cresswell

Brad Cresswell is a disability advocate, speaker, and community leader who uses his lived experience as a queer young person to educate, empower, and create safer spaces for others.

Presentation Topics

  • Advocacy
  • Awareness storytelling
  • Chronic Illness and Disability
  • Community Engagement
  • Education
  • Empowerment
  • ...
TiPS Graduate

Inan Uzunoglu

Inan (he/him) is a communications and marketing specialist based in Naarm/Melbourne.

With experience across a variety of corporate organisations, government, community organisations, cultural institutions, and grassroots initiatives, he brings a distinctive blend of creative storytelling, grounded in reality and actionable solutions.

Presentation Topics

  • Advocacy
  • Awareness storytelling
  • Community Engagement
  • Conference presentations
  • Creativity and Communication
  • DEI
  • ...
TiPS Graduate

Iona Annett

Iona is a speaker and writer who knows the power of personal storytelling for empathy and self-understanding.

Presentation Topics

  • Awareness storytelling
  • Chronic Illness and Disability
  • Conference presentations
  • DEI
  • Education
  • Empowerment
  • ...
TiPS Graduate

Kei Khosasih

Kei is a queer, non-binary, Southeast-Asian immigrant artist.

Presentation Topics

  • Awareness storytelling
  • Community Engagement
  • Creativity and Communication
  • DEI
  • Family
  • Hope for the Future
  • ...