We are international human rights lawyers working with activists, local lawyers and lawmakers around the world to eradicate laws that criminalise LGBT people and support related legal issues.
Lorna Barron, Senior Lawyer
Lorna provides LGBT individuals and organisations with specialist legal support and expertise, as well as helping governments to reform discriminatory legislation.
Wendy Boucrot, Senior Legal Advisor
Wendy provides LGBT+ individuals and organisations with specialist legal support and expertise, and helps governments to reform discriminatory legislation. She leads HDT's legal work in French-speaking jurisdictions.
Téa Braun, Chief Executive
Téa oversees the implementation of all of the Trust's core legal work and manages the overall operation of the Trust.
Rosie Brighouse, Co-Head of Legal
Rosie oversees the Trust's litigation work, supporting LGBT activists and organisations to challenge discriminatory laws.
Nafisa Dahir, Digital and Production Manager
Nafisa leads on the Trust's digital strategy and manages design and production of our publications.
Emma Eastwood, Head of Strategic Communications
Emma oversees strategic communications support to our partner organisations, as well as leading on our communications strategy.
Anushka Gunawardena, Senior Lawyer
Anushka provides LGBT individuals and organisations with specialist legal support and expertise, as well as helping governments to reform discriminatory legislation.
Clémence Hamiti, Development Manager
Clémence leads on the fundraising for the Trust, managing our existing funder relationships and developing new sources and opportunities of funding and collaborations to support our work across the globe.
Aisling Kenny, Legal Assistant
Aisling supports HDT’s legal team with delivering the Trust’s litigation and legislative reform programmes. She is responsible for providing technical legal support as well as administrative and logistical assistance.
Vikki Sanderson, Head of Finance and Operations
Vikki leads our Finance and Operations function.
Joshua Taylor, Operations Administrator
Josh supports the Operations Team with managing the office premises and conducting various administrative tasks to ensure the smooth day-to-day running of the Trust’s work.
Victoria Vasey, Co-Head of Legal
Victoria oversees the Trust's litigation work, supporting LGBT activists and organisations to challenge discriminatory laws.
Regional Associates
Glenroy Murray, Senior Associate
Glenroy is based in Jamaica and and provides the Trust with regional expertise and technical assistance to our work supporting partners in the English-speaking Caribbean.
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