Management

Susanne Branner Jespersen (she/her)

Susanne Branner Jespersen (she/her)

Head of Secretariat

Susanne is responsible for the day-to-day operation and development of the organisation. She manages fundraising, the association’s strategy, political interests, external collaborations and press handling. 

Heine Gregers Carlsen (he/him)

Heine Gregers Carlsen (he/him)

Head of Knowledge & Outreach

Heine is team leader for the Knowledge & Outreach team. He is responsible for presentations and workshops for companies, orgatinasations, municipalities and professionals in different fields, such as the youth area. Additionally, Heine is project manager on the EU project ‘Space to be You’ and has the daily responsibility for the Aarhus office.

Lea Lybecker (she/her)

Lea Lybecker (she/her)

Head of International Department
/+45 52106778

Lea has overall responsibility for the association’s international projects and collaborations in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, East Africa, Southwest, Asia and North Africa. In her role, she supports advocacy in the international area, fundraising and partnerships, and professional development in the international team.

Lone Sigh Fehrmann (she/her)

Lone Sigh Fehrmann (she/her)

CFO

Lone is responsible for the organisation’s entire accounts, including the qualification of budgets and the financial reporting of projects, appropriations for operation and finances. She is also responsible for optimizing financial management processes including balancing sheet accounts and expense control. 

Silvia Miglioranza (she/her)

Silvia Miglioranza (she/her)

Head of Counseling and Support Intiatives 
 / +45 54300001

Silvia has the overall responsibility for the counseling initiatives and therefore developing the framework, activities and opportunities for the LGBT+ counselling, Transit and Besøgsvennerne.

Steve McFarland (he/him)

Steve McFarland (he/him)

Head of Volunteering and Communities

Steve has the overall responsibility of the organisations work with volunteering and communities in the organisation in collaboration with other LGBT+ actors and other civil society. He supports the volunteer coordinators in the national work with different volunteer groups and he is increasing the organisations engagement with grassroots politics.

Uffe Paulsen (he/him)

Uffe Paulsen (he/him)

Head of Politics and Communication
Press and Political Consultant
/ +45 54300005

Uffe is responsible for LGBT+ Denmark’s contact with the press, and the organisation’s media presence. He works to push our political interests to the public debate and within the political system.

Department of Politics and Communication

Uffe Paulsen (he/him)

Uffe Paulsen (he/him)

Head of Politics and Communication
Press and Political Consultant
/ +45 54300005

Uffe is responsible for LGBT+ Denmark’s contact with the press, and the organisation’s media presence. He works to push our political interests to the public debate and within the political system.

Frix Rode (she/them)

Frix Rode (she/them)

Communications consultant and Art Director

Frix helps managing LGBT+ Denmark’s communication on various channels and works to mobilize the association’s members through campaigns and other initiatives.

Mikkel Kaul Kristensen (they/them)

Mikkel Kaul Kristensen (they/them)

Social media manager and web editor
/+45 54300085

Mikkel manages LGBT+ Denmarks communication across the organisations different active social media platforms and website. They also manages the organisations webshop.

Knowledge and Outreach

Heine Gregers Carlsen (he/him)

Heine Gregers Carlsen (he/him)

Head of Knowledge & Outreach

Heine is team leader for the Knowledge & Outreach team. He is responsible for presentations and workshops for companies, orgatinasations, municipalities and professionals in different fields, such as the youth area. Additionally, Heine is project manager on the EU project ‘Space to be You’ and has the daily responsibility for the Aarhus office.

Anna Wandel (she/her)

Anna Wandel (she/her)

Project Manager
/ 54300081

Anna is the manager of the project “Skole For Alle”, which aims to contribute to a better mental well-being for LGBT+ children and youth through upskilling and professional support for professionals in several of the country’s municipalities.

Eva Goldfinger (she/her)

Eva Goldfinger (she/her)

Psychological consultant

Eva works with psychological knowledge internally and externally in the association. She is responsible for external upskilling within the field of psychology with a focus on how, as a professional, you can improve the well-being of mentally vulnerable people who break with norms for gender and sexuality. In addition, Eva is project manager for our LGBT+ counselling services and also supports the association’s other offers with professional psychological skills.

Julia Skov (she/her)

Julia Skov (she/her)

Diversity consultant
/ +45 54300006

As our diversity consultant, Julia is responsible for upskilling both businesses and educational institutions within the field of LGBT+ experiences. Through presentations and workshops Julia makes companies and educational institutions aware of how they can create a more inclusive framework for their employees or their students.

Julia has an educational background in teaching with additional educational training in neuroaffective developmental psychology.

Volunteering and Communities

Steve McFarland (he/him)

Steve McFarland (he/him)

Head of Volunteering and Communities

Steve has the overall responsibility of the organisations work with volunteering and communities in the organisation in collaboration with other LGBT+ actors and other civil society. He supports the volunteer coordinators in the national work with different volunteer groups and he is increasing the organisations engagement with grassroots politics.

Bjørn Selchau (he/they)

Bjørn Selchau (he/they)

Junior consultant

Bjørn works on the projekt Safe in school – A volunteer driven queer-to-peer educational offer for schools. He manages the communication between schools and volunteers.

Claus Asgar Brandstrup (he/him)

Claus Asgar Brandstrup (he/him)

Project manager
/ +45 54 30 00 82

Claus is responsible for the organizations political work in municipalities nationwide to strengthen the well-being of the LGBT+ Citizens across the country’s regions. Additionally, he supports our volunteers in Jutland, who are responsible for local groups and networks, among other things.

June Stoltenberg (they/them)

June Stoltenberg (they/them)

Project manager

June is project manager for Safe in school – A volunteer driven queer-to-peer educational offer for schools. The project aims to increase well-being for LGBT+ students in the Danish schools and spread awareness about LGBT+ Denmark at our communities and councelling offers. The project includes youth from LGBT+ Denmarks youth community AURA in a national educational effort.

 

Kamille Hjuler Kofod (she/her)

Kamille Hjuler Kofod (she/her)

Event and volunteer coordinator
/ +45 60620869

Kamille works to initiate and support events and activities for volunteers in Copenhagen, as well as to collaborate with other local LGBT+ groups on Zealand and Bornholm. In addition, Kamille is responsible for the Visiting Friends, which facilitates contact between volunteer visiting friends and LGBT+ people experiencing loneliness. 

Sissel Moos (she/her)

Sissel Moos (she/her)

Project Manager and Campaign Consultant

Sissel is the project manager for Togehter for LGBT+ rights, which engage the LGBT+ community and our members in our municipal political work and campaigns. The campaigns aimed at ensuring the well-being of LGBT+ citizens in local welfare. Additionally, she supports volunteers in the association’s various programs.

Stine Haslund Jønsson (she/her)

Stine Haslund Jønsson (she/her)

Volunteer coordinator
/ +45 54300083

Stine is volunteer coordinator. She is working to support our volunteer groups and the AURA’s youth community at Funen and Jutland. Additionally, Stine is part of Team Knowledge & Outreach where she does presentations for professionals, focusing on how to secure the wellbeing for people who breaks with norms of gender and sexuality.

Counselling and Support

Silvia Miglioranza (she/her)

Silvia Miglioranza (she/her)

Head of Counseling and Support Intiatives 
 / +45 54300001

Silvia has the overall responsibility for the counseling initiatives and therefore developing the framework, activities and opportunities for the LGBT+ counselling, Transit and Besøgsvennerne.

Eva Goldfinger (she/her)

Eva Goldfinger (she/her)

Psychological consultant

Eva works with psychological knowledge internally and externally in the association. She is responsible for external upskilling within the field of psychology with a focus on how, as a professional, you can improve the well-being of mentally vulnerable people who break with norms for gender and sexuality. In addition, Eva is project manager for our LGBT+ counselling services and also supports the association’s other offers with professional psychological skills.

Flor Ma Lysgaard (they/them)

Flor Ma Lysgaard (they/them)

Project manager

Flor is the project manager of the program Transit, which is a social conversation service for trans, nonbinary, and gender diverse individuals. In this role, they work to increase well-being and reduce minority stress, as well as support individuals in their explorations and considerations of gender and gender identity. In addition, Flor is also affiliated with the LGBT+ counseling service, with a special focus on the trans community.

Max Maskell (they/them)

Max Maskell (they/them)

Judicial consultant

Max is LGBT+ Danmark’s jurist and is responsible for qualifying the legal part of our work. Furthermore, Max has a supportive role in LGBT+ Danmark’s legal counseling and advices and represents LGBT+ people when to comes to family planning, parenthood and other legal matters.

Maxe Lund Johansen (he/they)

Maxe Lund Johansen (he/they)

Group manager at Transit

Maxe works as group manager on the program Transit, which is a social conversation service for trans, nonbinary, and gender diverse individuals. He works to increase well-being and reduce minority stress for the target group in question and help individuals in their explorations and considerations of gender and gender identity. Week after week he guides the participants through the themes of Transit and supports the project manager in researching Transits manual and method.

Mette de la Motte Gundersen (she/her)

Mette de la Motte Gundersen (she/her)

Project manager and psychosocial consultant

Mette works as psychosocial consultant and manages the project “Queerhood”, which is a social service for parents and close relatives to LGBT+ kids and youth. She has one-on-one consultations and facilitates group conversations to support parents and close relatives with knowledge, support and network. The group convesations are located in Copenhagen.

Tian Stephansen (he/him they/them)

Tian Stephansen (he/him they/them)

Psychologist and Volunteer Coordinator

At LGBT+ Denmark, Tian works as a counselor on the project ‘Transitions Thoughts’. Additionally, he serves as a volunteer coordinator and supervisor for LGBT+ Denmark’s counseling services in the Jutland region. He assists in supporting the volunteer counselors, as well as facilitating their further training. Moreover, he is a psychologist and operates his own LGBT+ friendly practice in Aarhus.

International Department

Lea Lybecker (she/her)

Lea Lybecker (she/her)

Head of International Department
/+45 52106778

Lea has overall responsibility for the association’s international projects and collaborations in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, East Africa, Southwest, Asia and North Africa. In her role, she supports advocacy in the international area, fundraising and partnerships, and professional development in the international team.

Benjamin Foyn Lausten (he/him)

Benjamin Foyn Lausten (he/him)

Programme Manager

Benjamin is responsible for the international projects and the collaboration with our partner organizations in Eastern Europe and Caucasus. In his role, he supports project implementation and strengthening of the partnerships as well as professional development at both the partner organizations and internally in the international team.

Pauline Mignola (she/her)

Pauline Mignola (she/her)

Program Manager
/ +45 54300008

Pauline is responsible for the international projects and the collaboration with our partner organizations in South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA). In her role, she supports project implementation and strengthening of the partnerships as well as professional development at both the partner organizations and internally in the international team.

Operations staff

Emil Parkel (he/him)

Emil Parkel (he/him)

IT administrator
/ +45 54300087

Emil is the IT administrator and manages the IT systems used in the organisation. Furthermore he further developes on the organisations processes in regards to IT, to make sure it functions as needed for volunteers and employees.

Kenneth Aarestrup (he/him)

Kenneth Aarestrup (he/him)

Economic assistant

Kenneth is our economic helper and assists the head of economics, Lone, in making sure the accounting for association runs smoothly.

Sisse Møller (she/her they/them)

Sisse Møller (she/her they/them)

Office administrator

Sisse has the broad overview of our secretariat in Copenhagen, and oversees that the office is well run and presentable.