Rita Hirani
Rita is a Social Entrepreneur and Psychologist with 40+ years professional experience in the charity sector: specifically social justice; domestic abuse; mental health; and wellbeing. She is a Co-Founder of Club Kali Network, and established other pioneering services including: the National LGBTQ Domestic Violence Helpline; the first Resettlement & Outreach Programme for Refuge; Camden Safety Net - working with the police, perpetrators and survivors of domestic abuse; and was part of the launch of Childline at the BBC on ‘That’s Life!’ with Esther Rantzen.
Harry Hillery
Harry Hillery (he/him) is a 66-year-old queer man living on the south coast near Brighton with his husband and two dogs. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Harry volunteered at the Sussex AIDS Centre and Helpline, where he supported the community through fundraising, taking calls, and serving as a care and support “buddy.”
In 1991, Harry lost his close friend Andrea Philippe Regard to an AIDS-related illness. Shortly after, he created a memorial panel for Andrea, which became part of the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt (Block 7).
Committed to preserving queer history, Harry founded The Brighton AIDS Memorial on Instagram in 2021 and collaborated with Queer Heritage South to build an archive dedicated to sharing stories from the epidemic and honouring those lost to AIDS-related illnesses.
Jennifer Shearman
Jennifer is Head of Programme and Collection (Curator) at Queer Britain. She holds an MSc in Film, Exhibition and Curation from the University of Edinburgh and BA Hons in Film and Comparative Literature from Queen Mary, University of London. Over the past 10 years she has worked across curation and cultural production developing exhibitions, film festivals, and public programmes. Previously she was Curator, Public Programmes at Tate Britain and Tate Modern. She has held roles at the Institute of Advanced Studies (UCL), the Royal Academy of Arts and the British Museum.
Dan Vo
Dan is a media producer and museum professional specialising in queer history and inclusive museum practice. He has developed LGBTQIA+ tours and programming for several museums in the UK, most notably the V&A Museum, National Gallery, National Galleries Scotland, National Museum Wales and the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. He is also researcher for the subject specialist network Queer Heritage and Collections Network, a partnership formed of English Heritage, Historic England, Historic Royal Palaces, National Trust and the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries. He was presenter of BBC Arts programmes Museum From Home and Museum Passion.