Jax Jacki Brown (OAM)

Jax Jacki Brown (they/them) is an esteemed disability and LGBTQIA+ rights activist, writer, educator and consultant. Their tireless commitment to LGBTIQA+ disability human rights and advocacy has been recognised with a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM). 

Jax utilises their experience as a queer non-binary wheelchair user to explore intersectional identities. They view disability as a socio-political question and wants to see solutions with an intersectional lens and equality, access, and human rights at the heart of it.

Jax runs their own business in LGBTIQA+ disability rights and inclusion where they provide sought after guest speaking, education, workshops and training for community members and allies. 

Jax has served on the Victorian Disability Advisory Council, Victorian Government’s LGBTI Taskforce Health and Human Services Working Group and the Victorian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission’s Disability Reference Group where they advocated for LGBTQIA+ disability communities.

Jax is passionate and knowledgeable on a range of intersectional social justice issues and can comment on topics such as (but not limited to): the social model of disability, the rights of parents with disabilities and trans and gender diverse people. 

Jax’s work has been published widely online and in several anthologies including Growing up Queer in Australia and We've Got This: Stories by Disabled Parents. 

They are a parent, dog lover (but currently dogless), partner and friend. 

Jax is interested in how we can build resilience, pride and community for LGBTIQA+ people with disabilities. In their downtime they enjoy creating havoc with their young child, reading memoirs and drinking tea from their favourite rainbow mug.