Equality Australia is supported by a diverse group of patrons from across the community. They are distinguished by their exemplary work in the fields of LGBTIQ+ advocacy, law, human rights, the arts, health, sports or business.
Courtney Act
Boy, Girl, Artist, Advocate. Courtney Act is more than just the sum of her parts. Courtney has been a visible queer face in the mainstream for over 20 years with groundbreaking appearances on Australian Idol, RuPauls Drag Race, Celebrity Big Brother UK, & Dancing With The Stars, driven by the motivation to be the person she needed, […]
Read MoreTony Briffa (She/Her)
Tony has been a LGBTIQ+ activist for over 25 years and is especially known for her intersex human rights work. Tony is an intersex woman (as well as being queer with trans and non-binary lived experience) and was subjected to numerous non-consensual and medically unnecessary surgical and hormonal interventions and intimate examinations as a child […]
Read MoreThe Hon. Virginia Bell AC
Virginia Bell served on the High Court of Australia for 12 years from February 2009. At the date of her appointment, she was a judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. After graduating in law, she practised as a solicitor for seven years with the Redfern Legal Centre, […]
Read MoreDeborah Cheetham AO
Deborah Cheetham, Yorta Yorta woman, soprano, composer and educator has been a leader and pioneer in the Australian arts landscape for more than 25 years. In the 2014 Queen’s Birthday Honours List, Cheetham was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), for “distinguished service to the performing arts as an opera singer, […]
Read MoreThe Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG
Michael Kirby grew up in Sydney and graduated from the University of Sydney. In 1975 he was appointed to his first judicial post as a Deputy President of the Arbitration Commission. Thereafter, he was inaugural Chairman of the Australian Law Reform Commission; Judge of the Federal Court of Australia; President of the Court of Appeal […]
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