Speakers
for the Human Rights Conference
WorldPride Conference
Speakers
All speakers will be listed on this page. We announce our first set of confirmed speakers May 2026.
ADRIAN HYYRYLAINEN-TRETT
Board Member
ALBERTO INZULZA GALDAMES
Phd (c) Global Equity
ALEX HERNANDEZ
Executive Director
ALEX GREENWICH
Member of Parliament
ALEXIA PAGE
Head of Philanthropy
ALMA AGUILAR BETANCURT
Advisory Board member
ANDONI IBÁÑEZ
Project Manager
ANNA POLCKOVA
Luth pastor
ANN MARIE GOTHARD
Co-founder
ARNIE JOY T. POLARES
National Treasurer
AYNOUK TAN
Board member
BARBARA OUD
Executive Director
BERNARD GEORGES
Leader of the Opposition
CAMIEL WELLING
Public health doctor
CARMINA GUSTRÁN LOSCOS
Commissioner at Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory of the Spanish Government (equivalent to Secretary of State)
CHARLENE LIU
Chairperson
CHARLOTTE SPURKELAND
Governing Major
CHRISTIAN PAULA
Phd student
COCO JERVIS
Director of Programmes
COEN WESSEL
General Secretary
DAMIEN KWADJO
Co-Founder
DANIEL MOLOKELE
Hon MP
DANTE ALENCASTRE
Executive Director
DIANE MINNIS
Vice President of Global Outreach
DINAH BONS
Law and social care advocate plhiv
DINO SUHONIC
Executive Director
DIOGO VIEIRA DA SILVA
Coordenator
DOMINIQUE BOREN
Co chairman
DOUMIT AZZI
Communications & Advocacy Manager
DRAGANA TODOROVIC
Executive Director
EDRIC HUANG
Senior Manager, Grindr for Equality
EMMA VAN DONDERDAG
Women&Pride commissielid
ENKHMAA ENKHBOLD
Executive Director
EUNICE CHAU
Programme Manager (Gender Education and Advocacy)
FELIX GIANNERINI
Intersex-crip scholar/activist
FLORIS VAN DE RUIT
Directeur (CEO)
GENE ROBINSON
Retired Anglican Bishop
GERT CLAASSEN-SMIT
World Pride Co-Chair
GIFT TRAPENCE
Executive Director
GILBERT MITULLAH
Founder
GIULIA BIANCHINI
Council of Europe - Senior Project Officer
GODFRED ABOAGYE KUTTIN
Co-Executive Director
GODWIN HARRISON
Creative Director/Founder
GRACE MCKENZIE
Co-Founder of Rugby For All
GRAEME REID
UN Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity
GURCHATEN NANOO SANDHU
Director of Programmes
HELEN BELCHER
Councillor for Wiltshire
HENK NIJMEIJER
Regenboogambassadeur
HON. TS’EPANG TS’ITA-MOSENA
Deputy Speaker
HORIM YI
Co-Executive Director
HUA BOONYAPISOMPARN
Program Officer
INES-PAUL BAUMANN
Pastor
IRENE HEMELAAR
programme manager | chair
IRMA DUIM
Program Manager
ISOBEL STAINSBURY
European Pride Organisers Association (EPOA), Human Rights coordinator
IVAN DIMOV
Founder & Co-CEO
JADE WILLAERT
Doctoral researcher
JAHNELL BUTLER
Director Of Trans Services
JANICE TJON SIEN KIE
Founder
JARELL JONES
Board Secretary
JASON JONES
Human Rights Defender
JAVIER FERNANDEZ GONZALEZ
Policy officer
JAYJAY POTTER-PEACHEY
Vice President, Member Services/ Lead Kink & Fetish Caucus
JEAN CHONG
Executive Director
JEFFREY O’MALLEY
Senior Advisor: LGBTI+ Inclusion
JESSE MATHESON
Chief Executive Officer of Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras
JESSICA STERN
Co-President
JIDE MACAULAY
Founder/CEO
JIRIM KIM
Attorney at law
JO-AN VAN DER TOL
Lawyer
JOHANNES GRÜSS
Lead of Coordination and Government Relation
JORDAN BRAXTON
Community Engagement Manager at Vivent Health
JORGE NOVAL ÁLVAREZ
Senior Policy Officer
JOSE MANUEL ROSAS VAZQUEZ
Managing Director
JOSIE PERES
Associate Producer & EDI Specialist
JUAN CARLOS ALONSO REGUERO
Co-Representative for Region 14 on InterPride´s Global Advisory Council
JUAN PABLO QUINTANA
Advisor & Organiser
JUDITH TIELEN
State Secretary
JULIA LUKOMNIK
Strategic Policy Advisor
KAREN MAKISHIMA
Member of the House of Representatives of Japan
KATHY PAVLICH
Co-Chair of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG)
KEVIN MAAS
Vice President
KEVIN WESSELS
Advocacy and Legal Officer
KIM VANCE-MUBANGA
Director, Programs and Partnerships
KIMBERLY ZIESELMAN
Senior Advisor Global Intersex Rights
KIMBERLY FROST
co-Secretary General
LATIYAH ORNEILL
United Nations Program Advisor
LATOYA NUGENT
Chief Communications & Advocacy Officer
LAURA HERNANDEZ MERLANO
Foreign Service Officer
LUCAS PAOLI ITABORAHY
Project Manager
LUCIA ZACHARIÁŠOVÁ
Director of We Are Fair Initiative
MAIK BRUECKNER
Member of the German Bundestag
MARCELA MORALES
organization and policy advocacy officer
MARIA SJÖDIN
Executive Director
MARIA GIRALT
Vice President Pride Barcelona
MARIANO RUIZ
Executive Director
MARIECKE VAN DEN BERG
Professor
MARIEKE RIEMSLAG
Director
MARK TAKANO
United States Representative
MARVELLOUS TAWOMHERA
National Young Workers Chairperson
MASUMA SHAHID
Assistant Professor in LGBTQI+ Rights (AI, Digitalisation and Queer Data)
MATEO DE LA TORRE
Director of Global Programs
MATHENDU MUCHOKI
Filmmaker, Curator & Head of Communications
MATTHEW HART
Executive Director
MATTHEW BEARD
Executive Director
MEREL RITSMA
Board Member
MICHA RAMAKERS
Deputy Head of Unit
MICHAEL ARNAUD
Exercutive directiion
MICHAEL BRINKSCHRÖDER
Officer for Queerpastoral
MICHAEL O'FLAHERTY
Commissioner for Human Rights
MICHEL MAU
President
MIDNIGHT POONKASETWATTANA
Executive Director
MIGUEL MESQUITA
Human Rights Monitoring Coordinator
MIR TONNAER
Sexual Health nurse
MIROSLAV MAŤAVKA
Activist
MISZA CZERNIAK
former Co-President, co-leader of the Orthodoxy Working Group
MMAPASEKA STEVE LETSIKE
Deputy Minister
MORILLIO WILLIAMS
Global Advocacy Adviser
MS. JOEY JOLEEN MATAELE
Executive Director
NADJA ARONTSCHIK
Board member
NATASHA STEINBERG
Directora General de Derechos Humanos
NATURAL HERO FOUNDATION
Director
NAYYAB ALI
Executive Director
NEELA GHOSHAL
Senior Director of Law, Policy, and Research
NICK HERBERT
Chair
NIELS BACK
Board Member
NOUT VAN WOUDENBERG
Cluster Coordinator ‘Accountability for Ukraine’
OBIOMA CHUKWUIKE
Executive Director
ÖZGÜR GUR
Executive Director
PAPA OYEYEMI
Fashion Activist & Changemaker
PAYOSHNI MITRA
Executive Director
PIETER VAN ROOIJ
Expert Intangible Cultural Heritage
PRINCE FRIMPONG
Co-Executive Director
RAHUL UPADHYAY
Co-President
RAYMOND PHANG
Co-founder
REV. ALEXANDER NOORDIJK
Minister
RITUPARNA BORAH
Director
ROBERT AKOTO AMOAFO
Advocacy Advisor
ROSALIENE ISRAËL
Minister
SAGE ELLE HAPKE
Associate Director, Complex Care
SAHIL CHOUDHARY
Program Director, New Delhi LGBTQIA+ Centre
SANDY MTEIREK
Executive Director
SASKIA WIERINGA
Professor emeritus
SCOTT BOULE
Senior Specialist, Parliamentary Affairs
SHARON "ROCKY" ROGGIO
Director / Producer
SIMONE JUÁREZ
Secretary of Gender & Diversity
SITHEMBISO GONGQA
Founder/Executive Director
TAMARA ADRIÁN
Member of Parliament
TAMÁS PÉTER ÖTVÖS
Organiser, PR team
TANJA INEKE
manager of a care organization
THELMA MACHOGO
Responsible for Strategy, Training and Development
THEO HETTEMA
policy officer
THOMARS SHAMUYARIRA
Founder and Director
TOMÁS DROUIN
Co-Founder & President
VENUS AVES
Communications
VIDDA GUZZO
Executive Director
WIELIE ELHORST
Minister
XIAOGANG WEI
Président
YAËL POOL
Cultural Producer and Project Manager
YANNA PARNIN
Head of SOGIESC Unit
YASMIN BENOIT
Asexual Activist
ZITA PELS
Deputy Mayor of Amsterdam

