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Pride Network
Creating a stronger and more inclusive environment
The Pride Network supports the inclusion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer (LGBTIQ) members of our community.
What we do
Our aim is for all members of our community to feel supported and free to contribute their best, regardless of gender, sex characteristics or sexual orientation. Our network is open to everyone, regardless of their sexual orientation, sex characteristics or gender identity, who supports LGBTIQ inclusion. Members have completed training and are available to support LGBTIQ staff and students and answer any questions they may have. Our network will:
- help to create a welcoming, safe and supportive environment for everyone who is lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex or queer
- promote cultural change and support our commitment to creating a stronger and more inclusive community by raising LGBTIQ awareness
- challenge homophobia, transphobia and biphobia and homophobic attitudes and behaviours
- give LGBTIQ staff and students a voice by providing a channel to raise concerns and issues to the University leadership
- celebrate important LGBTIQ calendar events throughout the year.
Want to speak to someone?
We have a large network of Allies on campus (see list below) that you can contact for a confidential conversation. Allies have completed training and are available to support LGBTIQ staff and students and answer any questions they may have. Allies:
- are staff and students
- are LGBTIQ friendly and trained to support LGBTIQ issues
- provide a safe and confidential environment for people to ask questions about LGBTIQ diversity
- attend training, formally sign a pledge of support and treat all conversations and approaches as strictly confidential
- show leadership through their public support of sexual diversity
- promote respect and inclusion of LGBTIQ staff and students and role model non-discriminatory practices and language
- proactively combat, wherever possible, homophobia, transphobia and biphobia and heterosexism on campus
Please note, contacts are not experts in LGBTIQ issues and may or may not be from the LGBTIQ community.
Allies on campus
- Rachael Holt, Curriculum Development Officer
- Harrison Shtein, Project Officer - Research Teams
- Adiba Rahman, CAD Specialist
- Adrian Powell, Senior WHS advisor
- Alasdair Marshall, Senior SharePoint Administrator
- Anthony Murphy, Senior Project Manager
- Belinda Lees, Client Services Team Leader
- Darko Goreski, Junior Services Engineer – Electrical
- Gayathri Nagalingam, Educational Technical Officer
- Dr Ian Garthwaite, Laboratory Services Manager - Research
- Jane Oakeshott, Deputy Director - Relationship Management
- Leyne Elbourne, Administration Officer & Project Administrator
- Melissa Sorbello, University Venues
- Natasha Yee, Engineer - Mechanica
- Ruth Matic, Administration Officer
- Stephane Kerr, Project Director – Campus Improvement Program
- Victoria Deng, Client Services Team Leader
- Dr Gayathri Nagalingam, Educational Technical Officer
- Adiba Rahman, CAD Specialist
- Darren Cox, Technical Officer - Research
- Rose Luong, CIS Support Officer
- Nehan Munasinghe, Senior Technical & Education Officer
- Andrew Colwell, Technical Facilities Manager
- Matthew Vella, Technical Facilities Manager
- Matthew Gardner, Graduate Architect
- Ivan Low, Technical Officer
- Leanne O'Mara, Community Safety, Emergency Management and Innovations Officer
- Kathy Misso, Commercial Officer
- Dr Caroline McCulley, Research Laboratory Manager
- Dr Jane Radford, Laboratory Technical Services Manager
- Katherine Barna, Technical Support, Charles Perkins Centre
- Pedro T. Teixeira, School of Life and Environmental Sciences
- Yvette Giles, Administration Officer
- Daniel Rogers, Research Assistant
- Terence Ryan, Administration Officer
- Nadia Elkholy, Project Officer
- Dr Elisabeth Valiente-Riedl, Interdisciplinary Lecturer
- Dr Laurie Monier-Pilgrim, Education Strategy Project Officer
- Andrew Horne, Policy and Projects Officer
- Dr Alix Thoeming, Educational Designer
- Associate Professor Adam Kamradt-Scott, Centre for International Security Studies
- Angie Ziatie Ngie, CET Workshop Facilitator and Student
- Professor Annamarie Jagose, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Hannah-Joy Gillard, Student
- Dr Huw Griffiths, Department of English
- Jan Filmer, PhD Candidate and Tutor
- Jennifer Peden, Coordinator of Curriculum and Quality
- Katariina Rahikainen, Media and Communications
- Katie Gabriel, NSW Public Policy Institute, Institute Coordionator
- Kathryn Tanner, School of Languages and Cultures
- Dr Kim Kemmis, School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry
- Marah Weston, School of Languages and Cultures
- Michael Narciso, Sydney School of Education and Social Work
- Associate Professor Monika Bednarek, Department of Linguistics
- Dr Olivia Murphy, Department of English
- Andres Salazar, Student
- Dejan Kasic, Student
- Lucas Thompson, Lecturer
- Nicolas Fidalgo, Casual Teacher
- Wilfred Brandt, Student Experience & Engagement Manager
- Dr Stephen Cook, Casual Academic
- Dr Emma Louise Barlow, Academic
- Dave McManamon, Research Support
- Brett Okines, Student
- Alexandra Mullins, Learning Experience Designer
- Kevin Doan, Education Support Officer
- Sana Altai, Faculty Safety Manager
- Associate Professor Michael Kirkpatrick, Associate Professor
- Ash Wachman, HDR student
- Andrew Terry, Lecturer
- Dr Andrea McCloughen, Sydney Nursing School, Senior Lecturer Mental Health
- Cassie Quilty, Student Support Programs, Nursing School
- Christie Adamson, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery
- Claire S Goldsbury, Senior Lecturer
- Daniele Gianotti, Education Support Officer
- David Fulton, Central Clinical School
- Duncan Pickup, Sydney Pharmacy School
- Jessie Payne, Sydney Medical School
- Julie Mooney-Somers, Senior Lecturer
- Karen Bracken, Clinical Trial Operations Lead
- Kate Van Zuylekom, Student
- Kevin Keay, Associate Professor
- Matthew Wynn, Administrator at NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre
- Melanie White, Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow
- Nancy Tran, Education Support Officer
- Natasha Naturalny, Administration Officer, Clinical and Professional Development
- Nicole De La Mata, Sydney School of Public Health, Biostatistician
- Paul McInerney, Discipline of Physiology
- Dr Rebecca Barton, Lecturer
- Reza Kahlaee, Sydney Pharmacy School
- Rachael Morton, Associate Professor
- Dr Scott Stimpson, Lecturer
- Stuart Skene, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery
- Suzanne Ollerenshaw, Senior Lecturer
- Silvia Choi, Education Designer
- Joseph Levitt, Senior Trial Coordinator
- Joseph Driver, Research Support Officer
- Nada Dunda, Manager (Education Support), Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery
- Colin Mahoney, University of Sydney Fellow, Central Clinical School
- Lyn Malakou, Student Life Officer
- Juerg Burren, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Paediatric Intensive Care Staff Specialist
- Celine Diaz, Discipline Specialist
- Kristina Harrison, Administration Officer
- Dr Meloni Muir, Senior Lecturer
- Associate Professor Amani Bell, Associate Professor
- Wilfred Uyvico, Staff Services Officer
- Erin Fearn Smith, Sydney School of Health Sciences, Associate Lecturer
- Justin Kuhn, Sydney School of Health Sciences, Executive Support Project Officer
- Justin Scanlan, Sydney School of Health Sciences, Senior Lecturer
- Anne Honey, Sydney School of Health Sciences, Senior Lecturer
- Roxanna Pebdani, Sydney School of Health Sciences, Senior Lecturer
- Kate Thomson, Sydney School of Health Sciences, Senior Lecturer
- Professor Andrew Doherty, School of Physics
- Annalee Powell, School of Physics
- Dr Anne Quain, Sydney School of Veterinary Science
- Associate Professor Boris Timothy Kuhlmey, School of Physics
- Professor Celine Boehm, Professor, School of Physics
- Professor David Guest, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Professor of Plant Pathology
- Dr Francesca Van Den Berg, Associate lecturer
- Helen Helfenbaum, Student Support Officer
- Dr Ivan Kassal, School of Chemistry
- Dr Killian Quigley, Sydney Environment Institute, Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Janine Chang Fung Martel, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Nancy Roma Paech Research Associate
- Judy Li, Student
- Madeleine Tropman, Student
- Dr Matthew Pye, School of Life and Environmental Sciences
- Associate Professor Peter Rutledge, School of Chemistry
- Peter Verwayen, Lab Manager, School of Physics
- Dr Rebecca Pinkus, School of Psychology
- Professor Tim Bedding, School of Physics
- Dr Tim Lee, Associate Lecturer
- Dr Penny Dobson, School of Veterinary Science
- Lance Proctor, School of Veterinary Science
- Timothy White, University of Sydney Fellow
- Ana Vila-Concejo, Associate Professor, School of Geosciences
- Tara Christie, Lecturer
- Martina Kossacoff, Education Support Officer
- Livia Salvati Manni, Post Doc, School of Chemistry
- Meloni Muir, Senior Lecturer
- Hannah Hill, Executive Assistant, School of Chemistry
- Grace Schiavello, Executive Officer
- Camilla Baldion, Sydney Quantum Academy, Senior Projects Officer
- Matthew Austin, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Senior Technical Officer
- Samantha Hockey, Education lecturer
- Andy Wiechnik, Administration Assistant
- Dr Ayesha Tulloch, Research Fellow
- Dr Thomas Smith, Research Fellow
- Chris Lawrance, Recruitment Manager (North America)
- Priya Sivaraj, Study Abroad Advisor
- Erin Keech, Student Ambassador & Outreach Coordinator
- Jane Andrews, Exchange Officer
- Jo Illingsworth, International Partnership Coordinator
- Edith Worledge, Senior Administration Officer
- Lindsay McCabe, Senior Portfolio Officer
- Nicola Harber, Portfolio Manager
- Jackie Patterson, Portfolio Officer
- Conrad Richters, Senior HDR Administration Officer
- Yaniv Levy, Senior Administrative Portfolio Officer
- Wayne Ou, Senior Administrative Portfolio Officer
- Joanna Malyon, Portfolio Manager
- Peter Murlis, HDR Portfolio Manager
- Andrea Brooks, Workforce Development
- Louise Bannerman, Diversity and Inclusion
- Penelope Pitcairn, Workforce Development
- Jen Mitchell, Senior Workplace Relations Advisor
- Frank Strbik, Associate Director, Workplace Relations
- Nicholas Ellem, OD Consultant
- Verity Harris, HR Officer
- James Flood, Recruitment Officer
- Kade Fenwick, Diversity and Inclusion
- Alberto Cortez, Field Support Manager
- Aleksandr Yap, Computer Support Officer
- Brendan Mead, Computer Support Officer
- Carl Benson, Computer Support Officer
- Daniel Quinlan, Senior Analyst/Designer (Client Computing)
- Donna McGrath, Field Services
- Erin Normoyle, Project Co-ordinator, ICT Campus Infrastructure Projects
- Grant Bates, AV Analyst/Designer
- Greg Sawyer, Manager
- Ian Gilroy, Service Delivery Manager
- Jodie Lowe, Service Delivery Manager
- Justin Chang, IT Manager, Service Capability and Design
- Nelson Nikolic, Team Leader
- Nick Gunn, Vendor Manager
- Peter Wilson, Team Leader
- Sally Anderson, Manager
- Shannon Hong, Computer Support Officer
- Sofie Loizou, AV Technician
- Sophie Hague, Field Services Technician
- Thomas Lim, Helpdesk Officer
- Olive Diaz Gomez, Team Leader
- Stephen Luke, AV Technician
- Nathan Ashmore, AV Design Manager
- Patrick Wangsa, IT Support Technician
- Rishikesh Shankar, Manager, Client Engineering
- Donna Bridges, Executive Officer
- Tanya Gerrie, Communication and Engagement Specialist
- Bhavna Orgun, Senior Business Analyst
- Sarah Liebetrau, Internal Communications
- Trixie Young, Brand and Marketing Services
- Beth England, Staff Communications Officer
- Dr Gabrielle Russell, Assistant Director
- Kirsten Andrews, Vice President (External Engagement)
- Sofia Zeritis, Senior Advisor & Project Officer
- Kate Small, Deputy Chief of Staff
- Lucinda Wright, Senior Corporate Governance Specialist
- Kate Lowrie, Human Ethics Officer
- Olya Ryjenko, Clinical Trials Data Lead
- Nataasha Baker, Senior Project Officer
- Sarah Lacroix, Community Manager, Sydney Knowledge Hub
- Andrew Duong, Space Manager, Sydney Knowledge Hub
- Isobel Prone, Administration Manager
- David Poger, Research Data Manager
- Anastasia Globa, Lecturer
- Arianna Brambilla, Lecturer
- Eugenia Gasparri, Lecturer
- John Janetzki, Project Manager
- Karen Cochrane, Casual Academic
- Simon Brown, Exectuive Officer
- Alice Kotowicz
- Ashley Wachman
- Caitlin Scott
- Haezah Vroland
- Lauren Salisbury
- Michael McGibbon
- Wilson Huang
- Zhenxu Yang
- Jaki King, St Andrew's College (+61 2 9565 7329)
- Katy Cuthbert, International House (+61 2 9517 5028)
- Natalie Smith, Dean of the Women's College (+61 2 9950 9800)
- Tony Walters, Vice-rector St John's College (+61 2 9394 5000)
- Aidan Roberts, Senior Administration Officer
- Alexandra Crundwell, Student Administration Officer
- Alicia Varley, Student Laison Officer
- Anna Bosman, Administration Assistant
- Anna Gurevich, Careers Centre
- Carmel O'Connor, Mana Yura Project Officer
- Charlie Foxlee, Manager Academic Model
- Emily Wilton, Sydney Student
- Erin Anderson, Results, Progression and Awards
- Farhana Laffernis, Career Development Officer
- Frances Lee, Faculty Services Manager
- Geoffrey Hammett, Student Records
- Glen Collison, Senior Administration Services
- Jessie Czaban, Student Support Services
- Laura Wright, Team Leader
- Lyssis Pretorius, Student Administration Officer
- Mark Glover, Student Administration Officer
- Warren Gregory, Team Leader
- Michele Knight, Senior Student Administration Officer
- Priya Sivaraj, Global Student Recruitment and Mobility
- Renee Trevisiol, Student Centre Officer
- Rob Larisch, Global Student Recruitment and Mobility
- Nikki-Rae Semaan, Student Administration Officer
- Roman Rosenbaum, Assistant Manager, Student Systems
- Rosemary Miklecic, Student Administration Team Leader - Science
- Sakif Hassan, Sydney Student
- Trevor Dias, Student Administration Officer
- William Breatcliffe, Sydney Student
- Dash Mudun, Manager, Student Fees
- Joy Twemlow, Process Analyst
- Rebecca Tock, Senior Administration Officer
- Jayne Watson, HECS & Domestic Fees Officer
- Kiran Mann, Team Leader
- Nikita Shrestha, Team Leader
- Emma Davis, Senior Student Administration Officer
- Vanessa France, Student Engagement Officer
- Amy Collorafici, Adminstrative Officer
- Kanchana Sawatdipruksa, Administration Officer
- Jeannie Lau, Senior Administration Officer
- Matt Edwards, Digital Recruitment Officer
- James Campbell, Manager
- Amy Jacobs, Team Leader
- Leah Arthur, Adminstration Officer
- Millicent Foyle, Senior Adminstration Officer
- Danielle Geracitano, Senior Administration Officer
- Urooj Zahra, Senior Student Administration Officer
- Richard Prekodravac, Senior Administration Officer
- Tristan Worledge, Senior Administration Offier
- Madeleine Grey, Admissions Team Leader
- Cynthia Marin, Student Engagement Officer
- William Brandt, Student Experience and Engagement Officer
- Richard Prekodravac, Senior Administration Officer
- Amy McCarthy, Student
- David Thompson, Lecturer
- Ariane Defreine, Communications and Events Officer
- Chaoqun Xu
- Dan Smith, Student Experience Programs Coordinator
- Curtis Luke Huon, Senior Research Analyst
- Jill Russ, Manager, Programs
- Matthew Egan, Discipline of Accounting
- Sophia Davidson Gluyas, Senior Projects Officer
- Toby Moffatt, Program Coordinator (Programs and Disciplines)
- Wes Hamilton-Jessop, Discipline of Accounting
- Kayla Brock, Infrastructure and Facilities Coordinator
- Jane Kerr, Associate Lecturer
- Catherine Sutton-Brady, Associate Professor
- Kirsty Bass, CBD Campus Manager
- Craig Purcell, Senior Project Officer
- Dr Alexander Holden, Senior Lecturer
- Denise Fischer, Senior Administrative and Student Affairs Manager
- Professor Heiko Spallek, Head of School and Dean
- Dr Judith Werner, Lecturer
- Dr Kimberly Coulton, Head of Discipline Oral Health
- Alice Orchiston, Associate Lecturer
- Oscar Monaghan, Wingara Mura Postgraduate Fellow
- Murray Baker, Juris Doctor Program Officer
- Vincent Lim, Student
- Cory Thomas, Executive Assisant
- Hayley Mackenzie, Senior Administration Officer
- Josephine Clark-Wroe, Executive Assistant to Vice President (Strategy)
Please note, contacts are not experts in LGBTIQ issues and may or may not be from the LGBTIQ community.
Join us
All staff and students are welcome to join our Network and do not have to complete the training to support us. If you would like to receive notices about upcoming meetings, events and relevant information please join our mailing list.
For more information about our community and to find out how to join the Pride Network, you can visit the pages below.
- Students: visit the student website for instructions on how to join.
- Staff: staff can visit the staff intranet to register to complete sexual, gender diversity and ally training. You will need a UniKey to log on.
LGBTIQ Student Support Liaison Officers
The LGBTIQ Student Support Liaison Officers (SSLOs) promote inclusion and support for LGBTIQ students at the University. SSLOs act as a contact and support for international students, provide information about resources to promote health, safety and connection with other students and the community, and support gender affirmation/transition. Please click here for a full list of SSLOs.
Mardi Gras
As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion at the University, we have been a part of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras since 2015. Learn more about our involvement, which we are proud to continue this year.
Note on terminology
At the University of Sydney, ‘LGBTIQ’ is used as an inclusive umbrella term that recognises the diversity and experiences of sexualities, sex characteristics and genders. We acknowledge that this terminology is a source of ongoing community debate and may not reflect the preferred identification of individuals.
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