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
ALEX STORER
Co-chair of InterPride's Human Rights & Diversity Committee and member of the InterPride WorldPride committee
ALEXANDRA R DERUIZ
Sex and Gender Freelance Consultant
ALEXIA PAGE
Head of Philanthropy
ANDONI IBÁÑEZ
Project Manager
ANNA POLCKOVA
Luth pastor
ARNIE JOY T. POLARES
National Treasurer
AYNOUK TAN
Board member
BARBARA OUD
Executive Director
BERNARD GEORGES
Leader of the Opposition
BRAND BERGHOUWER
psychosocial therapist
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
DIANE MINNIS
Vice President of Global Outreach
DINO SUHONIC
Executive Director
DIOGO VIEIRA DA SILVA
Coordenator
DOUMIT AZZI
Communications & Advocacy Manager
DRAGANA TODOROVIC
Executive Director
EDRIC HUANG
Senior Manager, Grindr for Equality
ENES DEDEIĆ
Secretary of the Board
EUNICE CHAU
Programme Manager (Gender Education and Advocacy)
FELIX GIANNERINI
Intersex-crip scholar/activist
GENE ROBINSON
Retired Anglican Bishop
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
GREGORY RODRIGUES ROQUE DE SOUZA
Social Media Advisor
GURCHATEN NANOO SANDHU
Director of Programmes
HELEN BELCHER
Councillor for Wiltshire
HENK NIJMEIJER
Regenboogambassadeur
HORIM YI
Co-Executive Director
HUA BOONYAPISOMPARN
Vice President
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
JAN PIETER DE LUGT
Chairperson
JARELL JONES
Board Secretary
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
JORDAN BRAXTON
Community Engagement Manager at Vivent Health
JORGE NOVAL ÁLVAREZ
Senior Policy Officer
JOSE MANUEL ROSAS VAZQUEZ
Managing Director
JOSIE PERES
EDI Manager and Associate Producer
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
KATHY PAVLICH
Co-Chair of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG)
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
LUCAS PAOLI ITABORAHY
Project Manager
LUCIA ZACHARIÁŠOVÁ
Director of We Are Fair Initiative
LYOSHKA GERASSIMENKO
sexual counsellor, sexual education trainer
MARCELA MORALES
organization and policy advocacy officer
MARIA SJÖDIN
Executive Director
MARIA GIRALT
Vice President Pride Barcelona
MARIANO RUIZ
Executive Director
MARVELLOUS TAWOMHERA
National Young Workers Chairperson
MATEO DE LA TORRE
Director of Global Programs
MATHENDU MUCHOKI
Filmmaker, Curator & Head of Communications
MATTHEW HART
Executive Director
MEREL RITSMA
Board Member
MICHA RAMAKERS
Deputy Head of Unit
MICHAEL ARNAUD
Exercutive directiion
MICHAEL BRINKSCHRÖDER
Officer for Queerpastoral
MIDNIGHT POONKASETWATTANA
Executive Director
MIGUEL MESQUITA
Human Rights Monitoring Coordinator
MIKO CZERWIŃSKI
VP for Human Rights & Diversity, InterPride
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
NATASHA STEINBERG
Directora General de Derechos Humanos
NAYYAB ALI
Executive Director
NICK HERBERT
Chair
OBIOMA CHUKWUIKE
Executive Director
OMAR VAN REENEN
Co-chair of InterPride's Human Rights & Diversity Committee and member of the InterPride WorldPride committee
PRINCE FRIMPONG
Co-Executive Director
RAHUL UPADHYAY
Co-President
RAYMOND PHANG
Co-founder
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
SULEIYA ABDILLAH
Executive Director
TAMÁS PÉTER ÖTVÖS
Organiser, PR team
TANJA INEKE
manager of a care organization
THEO HETTEMA
policy officer
THOMARS SHAMUYARIRA
Founder and Director
TOMÁS DROUIN
Co-Founder and President
TS’EPANG TS’ITA-MOSENA
Deputy Speaker
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

