MANAGEMENT COMMITEE
Kirstine Hand
Convenor
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Kirstine Hand is the Project Coordinator of Capability, Confidence and Diversity Initiative at True Relationships and Reproductive Health. Kirstine works to increase awareness of the important role educators and school-based staff play in supporting student wellbeing and how this can be achieved through inclusive practices that are respectful of diversity.
A qualified teacher, Kirstine also works at QUT within the Faculty of Education and is on the committee for Diverse Voices, a non-profit organisation that provides phone and online support to the Queensland LGBTIQ+ community.
Richard Bakker
Treasurer
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Richard is the publisher of QNews Magazine, Queensland’s comprehensive LGBTIQ news, entertainment and lifestyle magazine.
A business owner for most of his working life is now actively involved in reviving the LGBTIQ voice in Queensland, Northern Territory and Northern NSW through a range of print and digital media platforms.
Belinda Cox
Secretary
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Belinda Cox is the Program Coordinator for the Micah Projects regional DV Service Technology Abuse Detection & Assessment Hub. She has worked at the regional Brisbane Domestic Violence Service (BDVS) for 15 years.
Belinda has an extensive working knowledge of complex risk factors regarding domestic violence including working with people who use violence as well as coordinating responses within the broader Brisbane Integrated System. She provides specialist case management support and advice to frontline workers, and is a regular provider of specialist training, professional development, keynote speeches and specialist DFV mentoring to human service providers, private enterprise, government departments and community groups in Brisbane.
Previously Belinda has 13 years working in the alcohol and drug sector with a focus on health promotion, trauma informed responses to women, and the specialised dual diagnosis Alcohol and Other Drugs and Mental Health issues experienced by women.
Belinda has at all times strived to include the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people in her work since the commencement of career in human services in 1999, and has been a strong proponent for LGBTQIA+ issues within the domestic violence sector initiating and co-producing the first Queer Without Fear LGBTQIA+ resource in 2018.
STAFF
Jason Hurst
C.O.O
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Jason holds qualifications in investigations and business, with experience in a broad range of community and business organisations. He was a investigator for 21 years before changing careers 10 years ago to run a production company with his life partner of 20+ years.
Jason has previously served on the Pride Business Network and Gay and Lesbian Welfare Assocation committees.
Jason originally started as a volunteer peer supporter with diverse voices in 2013 and remains committed to the welfare of the LGBTIQ+ SB community.
Mika
Project Support
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Mika is a vibrant, neurodiverse, hearing impaired, multicultural, queer person working in a project support role for Diverse Voices in Meanjin.
She is a proud member of the LGBTQIA+ Community, and her passions include Children’s Rights & Safety, Neurodiversity Education, Sexuality, Identity & Gender in queer youths. Mika has an extensive background in Operations Management, Business Development, Communications & Early Childhood Education.
“Young people are always at the centre of what I do, I speak up for our LGBTQIA+ communities so we can feel safe in all spaces & feel confident within ourselves. Creating a brighter and more inclusive future to me looks like access to health related programs and services, and research focus on LGBTQIA people.”
Mika is a vibrant, neurodiverse, hearing impaired, multicultural, queer person working in a project support role for Diverse Voices in Meanjin.
She is a proud member of the LGBTQIA+ Community, and her passions include Children’s Rights & Safety, Neurodiversity Education, Sexuality, Identity & Gender in queer youths. Mika has an extensive background in Operations Management, Business Development, Communications & Early Childhood Education.
“Young people are always at the centre of what I do, I speak up for our LGBTQIA+ communities so we can feel safe in all spaces & feel confident within ourselves. Creating a brighter and more inclusive future to me looks like access to health related programs and services, and research focus on LGBTQIA people.”
QLife Peer Supporters
Part Time and Casual
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