As an LGBTIQA+ inclusion expert and co-author of the current Rainbow Tick guides,  Matthew Parsons (they/them) has helped hundreds of organisations provide a safer and more inclusive environment for LGBTIQA+ staff and clients. As the Producer/Director of My Other Closet The Cabaret, for over a decade they have blazed a trail in Family Violence advocacy using theatre to empower LGBTQ victim-survivor lived-experience to effect change. For 6 years they led a Victorian Government funded program supporting targeted Rainbow Tick accreditation and safe pathways across the Victorian Family Violence Sector. With this developed expertise in LGBTQ intimate partner and family of origin violence, they have also been co-author on several key parts of the evidence base and practice guidance for building the capacity of the response and prevention sectors to contribute to a future where people of all bodies, genders and sexualities can live free from violence.