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(he/him) Anthoniy Anthoniy is a gay transgender male working as a director, currently in Bulgaria. After living in the UK for 6 years and graduating his BA course in Film Production, he moved back to Bulgaria and graduated an MA degree in Directing for film and television. He then started his professional career in Bulgaria. Anthoniy works on LGBTQ+ projects in Bulgaria, creating visibility for trans people and connecting with LGBTQ+ organisations and foundations across Bulgaria. Anthoniy Hristov Looking for a Guest Speake r ? Get in touch Our Recent Articles... DEI Trends in 2025: Practitioner Wellbeing and Career Sustainability. UNLOCK | Queer Leadership 101 with Pius Kennedy Harnessing Queer Joy as an Act of Resistance. Create Space for Change. We work with 100+ Businesses, ERGs and Change-Leaders providing bespoke DEI solutions. Through consultancy we design shared learning experiences, produce insights and craft content that support individuals with strengthening their roles as change-agents within their communities and organisations. Discover our bespoke corporate solutions... Work with us

(she/her) Jacqui Jacqui is a lawyer and a trailblazer in the legal industry. As a Hogan Lovells UK Pride Network Steering Committee member, Jacqui leverages her unique position as the firm’s only out Black lesbian employee to ensure that the firm adopts an intersectional approach when it comes to DEI. Externally, she sits on The Law Society’s LGBTQ+ Solicitors Network Steering Committee, where she works tirelessly to ensure that LGBTQIA lawyers can thrive within the legal industry. In April 2023, Jacqui founded Legally Lesbians. This initiative saw 25 lesbian lawyers write about their careers and the importance of lesbian visibility. Jacqui Rhule-Dagher Looking for a Guest Speake r ? Get in touch Our Recent Articles... DEI Trends in 2025: Practitioner Wellbeing and Career Sustainability. UNLOCK | Queer Leadership 101 with Pius Kennedy Harnessing Queer Joy as an Act of Resistance. Create Space for Change. We work with 100+ Businesses, ERGs and Change-Leaders providing bespoke DEI solutions. Through consultancy we design shared learning experiences, produce insights and craft content that support individuals with strengthening their roles as change-agents within their communities and organisations. Discover our bespoke corporate solutions... Work with us

(she/they) Betsy Betsy is a leadership mentor, sustainability advisor, campaigner, speaker, author, and sexologist-in-training. She was born and raised in Wyoming, established her career in the UK, and moved to Barcelona in 2016, then to Malaga in 2023. For over 20 years, her work has focused on social and environmental issues, including running award-winning advocacy campaigns, influencing policy change, and working on five continents and most sectors. She is now an advisor and coach to leaders, working toward a more sustainability society by working first on themselves. All of her work champions connection, consciousness, and action to create a society on a planet where all beings can thrive. Betsy Reed Looking for a Guest Speake r ? Get in touch Our Recent Articles... DEI Trends in 2025: Practitioner Wellbeing and Career Sustainability. UNLOCK | Queer Leadership 101 with Pius Kennedy Harnessing Queer Joy as an Act of Resistance. Create Space for Change. We work with 100+ Businesses, ERGs and Change-Leaders providing bespoke DEI solutions. Through consultancy we design shared learning experiences, produce insights and craft content that support individuals with strengthening their roles as change-agents within their communities and organisations. Discover our bespoke corporate solutions... Work with us

Neurodiversity The range of differences in individual brain function and behaviuoral traits, regarded as part of normal variation in the human population. These differences can include Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Dyscalculia, Autistic Spectrum, and Tourettes Syndrome. < Back to Glossary

Non-profit A non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or non-profit institution, is a legal entity organised and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in contrast with an entity that operates as a business aiming to generate a profit for its owners or stake-holders. A non-profit is subject to the non-distribution constraint: any revenues that exceed expenses must be committed to the organization's purpose, not taken by private parties. An array of organisations are non-profit, including some political organizations, schools, business associations, churches, social clubs, and consumer cooperatives. < Back to Glossary

Fa'afafine The Fa'afafine are a third gender of the Samoan people. Fa'afafine are generally assigned male at birth but embody a mix of feminine and masculine characteristics and are an integral part of Samoan culture. < Back to Glossary

MLM Men who love or are sexually attracted to other men. < Back to Glossary

(she/her) Simi Simi is a contemporary dancer specialising in body awareness, guiding improvisation, and movements. Artistic and warm-hearted, she combines dance with creativity, and believe everyone has the possibility to be confident and at ease with their body. She offers empowering wellbeing sessions in We Create Space, supporting the community with enhancing body language and awareness. She highlights the connection between physical and mental health, advocating that exercise fosters confidence, attractiveness, and positive body image. Simi Wang Looking for a Guest Speake r ? Get in touch Our Recent Articles... DEI Trends in 2025: Practitioner Wellbeing and Career Sustainability. UNLOCK | Queer Leadership 101 with Pius Kennedy Harnessing Queer Joy as an Act of Resistance. Create Space for Change. We work with 100+ Businesses, ERGs and Change-Leaders providing bespoke DEI solutions. Through consultancy we design shared learning experiences, produce insights and craft content that support individuals with strengthening their roles as change-agents within their communities and organisations. Discover our bespoke corporate solutions... Work with us

Platonic A platonic relationship is one with no romantic or sexual features, but it means more than “just friends.” According to the ancient philosopher Plato, for whom the concept is named, this bond is a type of love experienced when we identify positive qualities we feel complete us, within another person. < Back to Glossary

Chosen Family A family of choice, also known as chosen family, found family, kith and kin, or hānai family is a term that refers to a non-biologically related group of people established to provide ongoing social support. Unlike a "family of origin", a family of choice is based on chosen bonds, not biological ones. Chosen families are especially important to individuals within the LGBTQIA+ community as a form of connection, especially if being open and accepting of their identity means they have been ostracised by their biological family due to conservative beliefs. < Back to Glossary

(he/they) Ed Ed's experiences facing homelessness as a teenager, navigating life as a gay man and recovering from a lifelong mental health condition have ignited a drive in him to rebalance leadership, in particular, who and how they lead us. With 15 years across diverse sectors, he champions a fresh, inclusive approach. His mission is to cultivate spaces where diverse voices shape healthier, innovative organisations, pushing boundaries for a brighter, more inclusive future. He brings together mind-body practices through his role as a qualified yoga teacher and massage therapist, self-inquiry through coaching and powerful techniques to help groups make better decisions. He was previously the CEO of a national charity. Ed Moss Looking for a Guest Speake r ? Get in touch Our Recent Articles... DEI Trends in 2025: Practitioner Wellbeing and Career Sustainability. UNLOCK | Queer Leadership 101 with Pius Kennedy Harnessing Queer Joy as an Act of Resistance. Create Space for Change. We work with 100+ Businesses, ERGs and Change-Leaders providing bespoke DEI solutions. Through consultancy we design shared learning experiences, produce insights and craft content that support individuals with strengthening their roles as change-agents within their communities and organisations. Discover our bespoke corporate solutions... Work with us

Hypervigilance Hypervigilance is an individual’s heightened awareness to threat or potential threats in their surroundings. Living with hypervigilance can be exhausting, causing individuals to constantly be on alert or perceive threats when they are not there. Hypervigilance can manifest as withdrawing from social situations, concealing one’s identity or constantly scanning environments for perceived threats. People from historically marginalised backgrounds often develop hypervigilance due to chronic exposure to stigma, discrimination and violence. The cumulative negative mental health effects on marginalised people as a result of their identity is known as “minority stress”, and it is particularly common in individuals who have multiple intersectional marginalised identities. < Back to Glossary

(he/him) Piotr Piotr is the founder of MiFit Mindful Fitness and takes his transformative Body/Mind/Energy programs worldwide. A dynamic public speaker, he guides men to embrace emotions, vulnerability, and authenticity. As a health and wellbeing advocate, Piotr shares his cancer and chemotherapy journey, compelling us to prioritize physical and mental health now. Piotr Ciepiel Looking for a Guest Speake r ? Get in touch Our Recent Articles... DEI Trends in 2025: Practitioner Wellbeing and Career Sustainability. UNLOCK | Queer Leadership 101 with Pius Kennedy Harnessing Queer Joy as an Act of Resistance. Create Space for Change. We work with 100+ Businesses, ERGs and Change-Leaders providing bespoke DEI solutions. Through consultancy we design shared learning experiences, produce insights and craft content that support individuals with strengthening their roles as change-agents within their communities and organisations. Discover our bespoke corporate solutions... Work with us

Marginalisation The act of placing a person or group in a position of lesser importance, influence, or power. See: Discrimination, Implicit and Intersectionality. < Back to Glossary

(they/them) Jae Jae is an experienced organisational development consultant, executive coach, writer, and speaker. They specialize in business strategy, performance, inclusion & diversity, leadership and change, having worked for over two decades in a multinational pharma organisation and over five years in education/non-profit community organizations. As an out queer (non-binary, gay) person, Jae has nearly 10 years of leadership in inclusion and diversity with a focus on LGBTQ+ history and identity. They are a Co-Founder and current Co-Chair of the Proud Science Alliance , a collective of healthcare and life sciences sector LGBTQ+ networks and partners. Jae can speak about self-empowerment, culture change, and leadership in various industries. Jae Sloan Looking for a Guest Speake r ? Get in touch Our Recent Articles... DEI Trends in 2025: Practitioner Wellbeing and Career Sustainability. UNLOCK | Queer Leadership 101 with Pius Kennedy Harnessing Queer Joy as an Act of Resistance. Create Space for Change. We work with 100+ Businesses, ERGs and Change-Leaders providing bespoke DEI solutions. Through consultancy we design shared learning experiences, produce insights and craft content that support individuals with strengthening their roles as change-agents within their communities and organisations. Discover our bespoke corporate solutions... Work with us

Whorephobia Discrimination towards sex workers. < Back to Glossary

(they/them) Lias Lias is a white, non-binary, queer, and neurodivergent healing facilitator. They root their therapeutic practice in anti-colonial, anti-capitalist, and radical mental health perspectives, encouraging people to depathologize their struggles while affirming the systemic and structural aspects of them. Their focus areas include trauma, relationships & attachment, consensual non-monogamy, queerness, and neurodivergence. Their heart is drawn to nature and all kinds of creatures, and they love understanding, exploring, and practising ways in which people can heal through therapy, resistance, and community. Lias Mauersberger Looking for a Guest Speake r ? Get in touch Our Recent Articles... DEI Trends in 2025: Practitioner Wellbeing and Career Sustainability. UNLOCK | Queer Leadership 101 with Pius Kennedy Harnessing Queer Joy as an Act of Resistance. Create Space for Change. We work with 100+ Businesses, ERGs and Change-Leaders providing bespoke DEI solutions. Through consultancy we design shared learning experiences, produce insights and craft content that support individuals with strengthening their roles as change-agents within their communities and organisations. Discover our bespoke corporate solutions... Work with us

Self-care The act of prioritising and taking care of your own physical, mental and emotional health. Self-care can involve a variety of activities, such as exercising, mindfulness, setting and maintaining personal boundaries, going to therapy or taking time to relax. < Back to Glossary

Masc A person whose gender is perceived or understood as masculine presenting. See: Gender Identity and Gender Expression. < Back to Glossary

(they/them) Cécile Cécile is a researcher in the field of satellite positioning (GPS) at the German Space Centre (DLR) in Munich. At DLR, Cécile has developed a number of activities related to diversity and inclusion as the co-founder of networks for women & gender minorities, internationals and LGBTQIA+ folks. Since 2022, Cécile has been active as a speaker on topics such as sexism, microaggressions, allyship, and the LGBTQIA+ community. Through story sharing, Cécile sheds light on the issues faced by underrepresented groups in STEM, delivering impactful and solution-oriented speeches aiming at igniting essential discussions and driving change for a more inclusive workplace. Cécile Deprez Looking for a Guest Speake r ? Get in touch Our Recent Articles... DEI Trends in 2025: Practitioner Wellbeing and Career Sustainability. UNLOCK | Queer Leadership 101 with Pius Kennedy Harnessing Queer Joy as an Act of Resistance. Create Space for Change. We work with 100+ Businesses, ERGs and Change-Leaders providing bespoke DEI solutions. Through consultancy we design shared learning experiences, produce insights and craft content that support individuals with strengthening their roles as change-agents within their communities and organisations. Discover our bespoke corporate solutions... Work with us