Pádraig Ó Tuama is a poet and a theologian. He lives in Belfast and in Spring of 2019 completed a five-year term as leader of the Corrymeela Community. A gay man, he has been involved in advocacy for LGBTI people in spaces of work, faith and community for two decades. He lives in Belfast with his partner Paul. Together they started the Tenx9 storytelling project.

Sarah Williamson is a participant on A Question of Belonging. She has close friends who have been deeply impacted by attitudes towards LGBT people in Northern Ireland. She is particularly interested in how faith communities can deepen their understanding of those whose identities, families and lives look different from what those communities might still insist on defining as ‘normal’.She lives in Belfast with her son. She works for the NHS by day and is a theologian/religious commentator/amateur gardener by night.

Kirsten Kearney is the producer of A Question of Belonging. She is also a participant with first-hand experience of having friends and family deeply impacted by attitudes towards LGBT people in Northern Ireland. She lives in Belfast with her (one) husband, (two) kids and (one) corgi. In her spare time she runs esc films and fights for social justice (when she can get a babysitter). Her aim for this project is to encourage respectful conversations around LGBT lives and stories to create a more inclusive and sensitive community in NI.

Fidelma Carolan has lived in Northern Ireland since 1989 and been an active advocate within the LGBT+ community since the mid-1990s. She is civilly partnered to Eileen and they have three dogs. She is a committee member of All Souls Church in Belfast.