Jayke Burgess is a married trans gay man who experienced domestic violence for 10+ years mostly while he still presenting as female. Jayke is also a person with multiple sclerosis. Jayke's abuse included physical, emotional, sexual, financial, animal abuse and killing and psychological abuse.

Jayke had to attend the family court to ensure access to his children and this was fraught with discrimination, marginalisation and court facilitated abuse by the perpetrator. Jayke manages mental health and welfare programs across Sydney, and is an artist in his brief moments of spare time.

Jayke is passionate about making changes to the how we see domestic violence, for increased knowledge of the experiences of GLBTQ+ people in domestic violence situations.