Grey Collier [they/them] is Advocacy Director at the human rights organisation Liberty, where they leas several teams that work together to protect rights and hold the powerful to account. Prior to joining Liberty, Grey was Legal Director at the Equality & Human Rights Commission. She has specialised in human rights,…
Rev Linda Catlow is Superintendent Methodist Minister of the Stoke on Trent South Circuit and Deputy Chair of the Chester and Stoke Methodist District. She look after two churches: Trentham Methodist Church and The West End Methodist Church, Community Centre and Cafe. Since 2002 she has been an itinerant Minister…
Gareth Streeter is the Director of Campaigns and Communications for the Oasis Foundation, the arm of the Oasis family that is responsible for communicating the organisation’s message. For many years, Gareth has been working closely with Oasis Founder Steve Chalke to champion the message of LGBT inclusion within the church…
Revd Dr Christina (Tina) Beardsley, is a retired healthcare chaplain, and is honorary assistant priest at St John’s Church, Fulham, London. Tina is co-author with Chris Dowd of Trans Affirming Churches: How to Celebrate Gender-Variant People and Their Loved Ones. From 2008 to 2016 she was Head of Multi-faith Chaplaincy, Chelsea…
The Rt Revd Geoff Annas is Area Bishop of Stafford – one of the four Bishops who serve the Anglican Diocese of Lichfield. He has responsibility for supporting all members of the Church of England in North Staffordshire and representing the Church to the wider Community here. He has been in…
Mandy McBain MBE is Client Account Manager for the Defence & Security Sector at Stonewall. Before joining Stonewall in 2012, she served 25 years in the Royal Navy: much of this time was before the ban was lifted preventing LGB servicemen & servicewomen serving. Mandy established the first endorsed support network for…
Kieran Bohan is originally from London, now living in Liverpool. He trained for the Roman Catholic priesthood in his 20s, but chose not to be ordained. He is now a lay member of the leadership team at St Bride’s CofE Church in Toxteth. In May 2012 he and his partner…
