Sydney NDA Speakers
Lee Rhiannon
Greens Parliamentarian
Lee has now launched a bill to prevent discrimination at private schools and small businesses.
Lee won a position in the NSW Legislative Council (Upper House) in March 1999. Lee was re-elected in 2007 and her term expires in March 2015.
Email:
Website: www.lee.greens.org.au
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Clover Moore
Sydney City Lord Mayor
In 2004 Clover became the first popularly elected female Lord Mayor of Sydney, and in 2008 was re-elected with an increased majority. 
Clover has also been an Independent Member of the NSW Parliament since 1988.
Clover has an extensive record of activism on public accountability and open government policies, and on social issues such as homelessness, drug and alcohol services, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights, and the humane treatment of animals.
Clover is committed to securing Sydney’s future as a competitive global city and as one of the world’s leading green cities - as outlined in the City of Sydney’s “Sustainable Sydney 2030” vision, and is a strong advocate for sustainable urban development, including green buildings, improved public transport services, separated cycleways, increased parks and green spaces, enhanced public domain and pedestrian activity.
Email:
Website: www.clovermoore.com
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Matthew Loader
Rainbow Labor
Matthew is a well-known national gay rights activist, involved in the South Australian based Let's Get Equal Campaign and nationally through the Equal Rights Network and Rainbow Labor.
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norrie mAy-welby
Activist and Entertainer
norrie has been a long time advocate for the rights of all people to be free from unfair discrimination based on diversity of sex or gender, including intersex and transgender people.
"Whether one wants to get married or have kids or adopt children should be a matter of personal choice, not social discrimination. That said, kissing boys was illegal when I was a lad, so state approval and personal integrity are clearly separate."
norrie is a hippy tranny who lives on the Block in Redfern with 'Love' in lights on the balcony, draws the monthly cartoon for the South Sydney Herald, and often adds a bit of colour and movement at social justice demos and undergound parties.
Email: spansexual1@gmail.com
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Karl Hand
Wedding Celebrant - Sydney Crave MCC Pastor
Karl is the pastor of CRAVE Metropolitan Community Church, a dynamic, inclusive and progressive church 
which seeks to draw together authentic, passionate disciples of Jesus, progressive social and theological beliefs, and people of diverse race, gender and sexual identity - to build community and change the face of our society.
Karl grew up in a Fundamentalist Pentecostal church with very conservative beliefs about women, human rights, and queer people.
His history allowed him to experience anti-women and anti-queer belief systems from an 'insider' perspective, and this motivates him to speak out against all forms of bigotry and hatred in our society.
Since coming out at 21, Karl has worked in many different settings - in
progressive churches and MCC's, as a co-convenor of Community Action Against Homophobia Blue Mountains, and as a member of the No-To-Pope Coalition.
Karl has been involved in the National Day of Action since its inception, and hopes it will be a key to challenging not only Rudd's paternalistic policies towards queer people - but also the decadence and shallowness of profit-driven GLBT culture: the 'scene', and the increasingly corporate Mardi-Gras parade.
Email: pastor@cravemcc.com
Website: www.cravemcc.com
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Rachel Evans
Community Action Against Homophobia
Rachel has been a leading activist in the Sydney LGBTI community for more than 15 years, and has played a vital and prominent part in the fight for Same-Sex Marriage rights in Australia.
Rachel is best known for her success with the NOTOPOPE week of protests and taking the NSW government to court for its draconian annoyance laws.
Rachel was also a founder of Community Action Against Homophobia.
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Heidi Claus
NUS Queer Officer
Heidi has been the Female Queer officer for the National Union of Students since 2004, and is a well respected activist who has been involved in a range of social justice campaigns including LGBTI rights since the mid 90's.
Email: queerofficer@nus.asn.au
Website: National Union of Students
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Katrina Fox
Freelance Journalist, Actor and Performer - MC for Sydney NDA
Katrina is a Sydney Based freelance Journalist who has written for a
range of publications in the UK, USA and Australia, including SX and the Sydney Morning Herald.
Originally from the UK Katrina has more than 12 years experience in the Journalism industry, has played a number of acting roles and is a well known face in the Australian LGBTI community.
Website: www.katrinafox.com
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Matt Young
Actor and Proud 'husband' and father of 2 kids
Matt and his partner will participate in the Sydney rally a march.
“We have two kids. Our children deserve the same respect as the children of any opposite sex couples that we know. We deserve to be allowed to be married. Let our children see their two dads wed.”
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Marcel Leneham
Sign Language Interpreter
Marcel is the lead translator for 'SignPost' and coordinates the fantastic team of deaf and hearing volunteers who translate each episode from Auslan into English. Outside of 'SignPost', Marcel is on the National Executive of the Australian Sign Language Interpreters' Association (ASLIA).
Marcel is also a PhD candidate researching sign language translation and a casual lecturer in the Postgraduate Diploma of Auslan/English Interpreting at Macquarie University, in Sydney.
Website: SignPost
Website: Deaf Australia Inc.
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Karen Brown
Order of Australia Recipient - Welcome to Country
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