Keith Quayle (he/him)

A close-up professional black and white headshot of Keith Quayle

Keith Quayle is a Malyangapa gay man from the Barkindji nation and he was raised on Dharug country. He is the founder of NSW Community Advocates for Prisoners and is currently on the Sydney WorldPride Aboriginal Advisory commitee, Trans and Gender Diverse Criminal Justice System Advisory Council, and the Penrith Legal Aid Prisoner Interagency Advocacy sub-committee.

He is a published writer, poet and storyteller. He is a passionate advocate who has used his lived experience of the NSW carceral system and advocates on behalf on trans and gender diverse people in contact with the criminal justice system.  

Acknowledgement of country

Sydney WorldPride will take place on the lands of the Gadigal, Cammeraygal, Bidjigal, Darug, Dharawal people who are the Traditional Custodians of the Sydney Basin.

We pay our Respects to their Elders past and present. Always was Always will be Aboriginal Land.

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people come from many different clans and communities across Australia & in 2023 will come together as one, to celebrate with our global LGBTQIA+ community.