Josh Rivers

Josh works at a publication targeted at and run by gay men, and so his activities have been focused on bolstering the representation of queer men of colour in the organisation, as well as in the pages of the magazine and online. Through his role overseeing all marketing, events and partnerships, he consistently ensures that the people and organisations they put in front of their audience are from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences, in a bid to comprehensively represent the LGBT+ community. Externally, he is the co-founder of Series Q, a network of mentorship, learning and support to empower LGBT+ entrepreneurs. They host events every six weeks during which they put in front of their community successful LGBT+ entrepreneurs who demonstrate that success and authenticity are not mutually exclusive. He is also a Diversity Role Model; a member of BlackOutUK, a platform dedicated to telling the stories of gay black men in the UK; and is on the committee of InterCommsLGBT, where his area of focus is on ensuring comprehensive representation of queer people of colour within the communications industry.