Jordan Chan - Multi Award winning LGBTQ+ activist and charity fund raiser, Pride Director, Radio Host, underwear model and former Mr Gay GB runner up.

Alexis Curtis-Harris is an award-winning Equality, Diversity and Inclusion leader, speaker and consultant, known for her honest, transformative approach to inclusion and inclusive communications. She works with organisations to help them better engage, reach and support people who are often systemically, societally and historically excluded, using approaches that are authentic, practical and grounded in lived experience. Alexis brings a unique perspective as a Black queer woman, combining real-world insight with strategic thinking to challenge organisations to move beyond tick-box ED&I and focus on meaningful, long-term change. Her work spans inclusive communication, addressing systemic barriers, and rethinking how people experience recruitment, work and belonging. She has been recognised for her impact across the inclusion space, including being named Head of Diversity of the Year at the DIVA Awards and Diversity Trailblazer at the British LGBT Awards. Alexis is passionate about ensuring inclusion remains human, evolving and relevant to everyone.

Dhiren Doshi-Smith is a UK based therapist, speaker, and model, working at the intersection of mental health, identity, and lived experience. Their work is grounded, relational, and focused on helping people move away from coping alone and towards greater honesty, self trust, and ease. Dhiren works with clients who are thoughtful, self aware, and often outwardly functioning, but inwardly tired of holding it all together. They bring a particular sensitivity to experiences of queerness, neurodivergence, culture, and masculinity, while remaining open and inclusive of anyone seeking meaningful therapeutic support. Alongside therapy, Dhiren speaks and collaborates with organisations on mental health, visibility, and psychological safety, always centring humanity over performance.

Sophie Layton is an award-winning journalist, producer & communications specialist, based in Sheffield. She is the Managing Editor of WILD Magazine, & was previously Editor of Ed Fringe Review, & Arts & Theatre Editor of Forge Press. She has also written for a dozen other outlets, including UniHomes, The Liberator, G(end)er Swap & Liberty Belle Magazine. She is currently the Digital Media Officer for the Student Publication Association. Previously the Trans+ Representative Councillor at the Sheffield Students’ Union, she wrote & passed policies aimed at Trans+ inclusion & liberation, including allowing Trans+ students to change their name on university ID cards to their chosen names, free of charge. She was the Founder & inaugural President of the Sheffield Students’ Union’s LGBTQ+ Society in 2024, where she co-ordinated the LGBTQ+ Blood Drive, recognised at the Queer Student Awards & National Student Pride Awards, that collected enough to save up to 96 adult lives.on goes here

Sam McCracken is a Queer & Trans Illustrator, Artist, Youth and Community Co-Ordinator and Educator based in Shropshire. He is an alumni of the University of Wolverhampton, a former finalist of the QSA's and a dad. Sam explores his identity as a Queer person within his art practice, highlighting LGBTQIA+ rights, striving to understand Queer intimacy and community within the visual arts.

Previously Emma worked as a Drama teacher in Catterick Garrison for 9 years before leaving the profession to work for LGBT support charities, including Broken Rainbow, Mermaids UK, Diversity Role Models & The Proud Trust. She is now LGBT+ Fund Development Manager at Consortium, hoping to rebalance funding to LGBT+ grassroots organisations and develop the UK’s first LGBT+ endowment fund.

Ali Najjar is a Senior Contracts Manager with extensive experience working across a range of organisations. Alongside a successful professional career, Ali has consistently dedicated time and energy to supporting young queer people, helping them build confidence, navigate challenges, and achieve their goals in life. Ali has been with their partner for nine years and married for two and a half, and openly identifies as a queer Muslim. They are a proud advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, using their lived experience to challenge stereotypes and promote inclusion, particularly at the intersection of faith, identity, and sexuality. Ali’s marriage to their Jewish husband has also shaped much of their advocacy, highlighting the power of love, understanding, and dialogue across cultures and religions. An Attitude Pride Award winner, Ali has shared their story through articles, interviews, and podcasts, speaking candidly about resilience, visibility, and the importance of representation.

“I'm Jamie (they/he) and I was the Winner of the QSA Role Model of the Year: University category in 2025. I am the 2025/26 chair of the LGBTQ+ Students' Network at York St. John University's Students' Union and am currently undertaking my Masters Degree in Product Design. I believe all students have the power to inact change and deserve to have their voices heard, as even the smallest of changes can make the biggest difference to the people around you and in our community. This is a fight we must all be in together, and you could be the one to help make that change.”