Meet our Team

After a lot of adversity in regional WA Troy has become a strong advocate for young people and the LGBTIQA+ community. Troy is the Chair of the Youth Pride Network which is working to improve the lives of young LGBTIQA+ people through systemic advocacy, education, and events.

He is a community development officer at the Town of Port Hedland and recently helped form the town’s first youth advisory council. Troy is also a Member for the Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Youth Advisory Group for the Australian Government and has been a member of the YMCA’s Youth Parliament. The environment is also a passion of 

Troy’s, working with the Australian Association of Environmental Education, Millennium Kids, headspace centres, the Child and Adolescent Health Service, YACWA and other organisations.

Troy joined the YPN to ensure regional young people are represented and their extremely unique position is understood by a largely metropolitan population where they can often be overlooked.

Troy has studied mental health peer work and is currently studying for my Diploma of Community services while continuing their studies for a Bachelor of Arts.

A queer person of colour, Becca is a storyteller using their writing and poetry to share aspects of their experience as a trans/lesbian person. With a passion for LGBTIQA+ advocacy, they hope to continue this work throughout their personal and professional life.

A mental health advocate, Becca completed the zero2hero mental health leadership program and used their lived experience of being queer and having mental illness to deliver talks on Wear It Purple Day. Becca is passionate about ensuring that portrayals of queer people and queer people of colour in the media are accurate representations.

Committee member Taryn is a Year 11 ATAR student and has been a member of the Melville Youth Steering Group since 2022. With a passion for intersectionality, in particular neurodivergence, queerness, and cultural diversity, Taryn is eager to work in Speech Pathology. Taryn is proud to be POC, queer, and diagnosed with Autism and ADHD and advocates to ensure that there is positive representation of people with intersectional identities for young people everywhere. When Taryn isn’t scouring Wikipedia pages for fun, Taryn likes coding, cosplaying, robotics, or watching iconic cartoons.

With a passion for humanitarian work and a desire to help the LGBTQIA+ community in any way possible, Allie has finally found her home within the Youth Pride Network. She has great hopes for the future of the LGBTQIA+ community and looks toward doing anything she can that will assist with this future. Whether that’s going to events or assisting in the creation and implementation of LGBTQIA+ friendly policies. Working alongside groups such as Youth Pride Network, Young Leaders and Advocates Fellowship, Telethon and various local youth groups, Allie is doing everything she can to be a valuable asset for YPN, the LGBTQIA+ community and the youth community.

Noël is one of YPN’s youngest members! A transmasculine human, he is a formidable voice for LGBTIQA+ youth in schools, forming a queer support group in his school. Noël joined YPN to advocate for his queer peers that are struggling to have their needs met. He loves being a part of YPN as it means he gets to fight for change as a part of an organisation that matches his values. Noël loves poetry and theatre and is a fierce up-and-comer.

Faybian has been a part of YPN for two years and is now a part of the YPN’s comms team, providing insight and input on the variety of content across YPN’s platforms. Faybian helped put together one of YPN’s most popular events “Queer DnD” and has built a network of queer advocates and like-minded humans around him. Providing the unique perspective of a trans masc identifying Aboriginal person, Faybian is passionate about youth work and developing a positive representation of LGBTIQA+ people in the media for young people. Faybian is a fierce trans advocate, a Cat Dad to two furry friends, and has spent time as a volunteer at Noongar Radio’s show “Rainbow Kinections”. In his spare time, Faybian can be found baking up a storm, making art, and not being a frog.

Social justice, human rights, and equal opportunity are just some of the mammoth things that new committee member G is passionately advocating for.

A proud, queer, greyhound-owning, disabled person, G works with politicians and decision-makers to ensure that all young people have access to trauma-responsive, person-centred, holistic care that empowers and enables them to build their vision of a meaningful life.

This important work recently had G as the sole consumer representative in a highly successful 10-person Ministerial Taskforce into Public Mental Health Services for Infants, Children, and Adolescents. The task force investigated the current pressures and demands on the state’s public mental health system and came out with a comprehensive report with 32 recommendations. All of these have been endorsed and committed to by Health and Mental Health Minister Amber Jade Sanderson. The short and long-term recommendations are currently being implemented!

G never stops advocating for equal opportunity but enjoys taking their greyhound to the park, SERVING in a jumpsuit, and buying more books to add to the pile of books they are yet to read.

Dillian is an exciting new addition to YPN team. A proud Whadjuk Ballardong Noongar person, Dillian is currently completing their high school studies and is passionate about advocating for intersectionality in the LGBTIQA+ community. Dillian is neurodivergent (ASD and ADD) and is always eager to share their lived experience, contributing to our monthly committee meetings with their bright, bubbly, enthusiastic disposition.

Despite being one of our youngest members, Dillian has a range of achievements under their belt already including participating in a Noongar Cultural Ceremony on Wardandi land for the World Surfing League event in 2022, performing on stage with their school’s drama club, delivering a Welcome to Country for the WA Days award in 2022 (in the presence of the Premier), and delivering a Welcome to Country at TEDxYouth at Kings Park 2022.

Dillian has caught the acting bug and is excited to hit the stage again. When they’re not trotting the boards, Dillian likes fantasy books, Sonic and Pokemon, and spending time with their family cat.

YPN Committee member Meghana is an active and dedicated queer advocate both in their work at YPN and outside of it. A queer person of colour, Meghana is currently studying a double degree Bachelor of Philosophy, Politics and Economics and a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Psychology at UWA. Psychology and mental health are areas that they’re passionate about and they channel this through their queer advocacy work as the Pride Officer at UWA. They help to bring about change for queer students and staff and bring awareness to queer issues in the broader community. In their spare time they enjoy connecting with their community and playing Table Top Role Playing Games.

Dylan is one of our new additions to the YPN committee. A queer person of colour, a fashion design student, a passionate LGBTIQA+ youth advocate, and a fierce upcoming drag performer, they’ve hit the ground running at YPN, working hard to make WA a better place for LGBTIQA+ POC.

A finalist at the 2021 WA Youth Awards for Creative Contribution, Dylan is passionate about using art and drag as a vessel for advocating for LGBTIQA+ people and people of colour. Whether it be while whirling spots as their drag alter ego, or while wearing their hoodies crooked to fashion school, Dylan is always advocating for queer youth to reach their full potential.

Walking the entire 2021 Pride Parade with the YPN float in a pair of heels (without complaint), Dylan has become an integral member of the YPN team.

Born and raised in Fremantle, Kass is a proud queer Ballardong Noongar Yorga with familial ties to the Wheatbelt (Northam, York, Toodyay). With vast experience in higher education, equity inclusion, marketing and events, Kass is currently working at Winyama, having previously worked at Curtin University in Student Services and Marketing.

Kass is passionate about human rights, equity and inclusion, learning, and legislative reform. She’s eager to help make a lasting change for young LGBTIQA+ people like herself and to advocate for Indigenous and Incarcerated LGBTIQA+ people.

An advocate for Indigenous governance, Indigenous success and the environment, Kass is an exciting addition to the YPN committee where she can continue to be a creator of positive change for Australia’s Indigenous community.

Outside of work Kass loves to spend time outdoors snorkeling, and stand-up paddle boarding. She also enjoys trying new activities and spending time with friends.

Lucy has lived most of her life in Broome until moving to Perth for school in 2023 and aims to use their insight gained from experiencing life as a queer person in a regional town in their advocacy wherever possible. They’re passionate about advocating for improved support for LGBTQIA+ students in WA schools to aid wellbeing, as well as mental health and intersectionality in advocacy. They have previously advocated for these things in their time on the Shire of Broome Youth Advisory Council and the WA Student Council. She’s passionate about the arts, especially music, and is hoping to pursue a career in that area.