Tabby Besley

National Coordinator

tabby@insideout.org.nz

Tabby Besley (she/her) is the founder and National Coordinator of InsideOUT and identifies as a Pākeha queer femme. She has been volunteering and working in rainbow communities since she was 15 when she led her high-school queer straight alliance and has been involved with a range of organisations including Q-Youth, Out Takes Queer Film Festival, LegaliseLove, PrideNZ, Femme Club, Houhou Te Rongo Kahakura – Outing Violence and more. 

In 2015 Tabby’s work was recognised internationally, as she became the first and only New Zealander to receive a Queen’s Young Leader Award. Tabby was one of five to receive the Vodafone Foundation’s World of Difference Award in 2017, as well as being the Education Finalist for NEXT Woman of the Year and receiving the Wellingtonian of the Year Youth Award.

When she’s not working on queer stuff, Tabby tends to be obsessing over astrology or adding to her collection of all things polka dot!

Emmett Roberts

Schools Network Intern
Manawatu Schools Coordinator

emmett@insideout.org.nz

Emmett (they/them) is a non-binary, Pākehā queer from Palmerston North with a passion for space, glitter and knitting. They work with young people, delivering healthy relationship education, as well as workshops for school staff on diverse genders and sexualities. Having seen, on a daily basis, the importance of InsideOUT’s work to make our school communities safer for rainbow students, Emmett is thrilled to have the chance to put their nerdy talents to good use in their role at InsideOUT.

When not at work, Emmett can usually be found working on their library science degree, knitting, or hanging out with their pets.

Bronwyn Kerr

Wellington Schools Coordinator

bronwyn@insideout.org.nz

Bronwyn (Pākehā, she/her) likes art, cooking for a crowd, and anything involving being outdoors around water. She grew up in Taitoko/Levin (ngā mihi ki a Muaūpoko rāua ko Raukawa ki te Tonga), went to uni in China, worked as a tea ceremony attendant in Japan, and now loves living in Wellington (ngā mihi ki a Te Ati Awa). Bronwyn loves to kōrero Māori and likes hauora Māori ways of doing things.