OBE for services to Transgender Equality. Lgbt advocate and speaker. Director of Global Education and EDI for BelieveGlobalCIC.
Joanne Monck has been passionate about raising awareness of the issues faced by the Transgender Community on a daily basis. She didn’t transition until the age of 58, but through her commitment to supporting the community, for the last 10 years, she has won 3 awards, including an OBE for services to Transgender Equality as a Global LGBT Advocate and Independent Advisor in the 2021 New Year Honours list. She is an Independent school’s role model. An independent advisor to Sussex Police and the Crown Prosecution Service. She is an Ambassador for 4 National organisations, a National Diversity Mentor and speaks all over the UK and Europe. She has appeared several times on television and is a Global Pride Inclusion Advocate. She is the Director of Global Education and EDI for BelieveGlobalCIC and Head of EDI for the Believe Foundation, a new, and very unique, domestic abuse support charity that will be launching later this year.