Pride Business Forum Fundraiser 2025

Ladislav Jackson is an art historian, university lecturer, and Vice-Dean for Internationalization at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology. Since 2023, he has headed the Society for Queer Memory — the only queer museum, archive, and specialized historical library in the Czech Republic. His research focuses on the history of architecture and design, as well as the past of queer people and LGBTIQ+ emancipation in the Czech context. He is the author of numerous books, including Endangered Species (2025), Modern Hradec Králové (2025), Jan Kotěra: Czech Modern Architecture in Context (2025), Images of Other Desire: Queer Art and Visuality in the Czech Lands (2024), and The Myth of the Architect (2021).

Andrea Stašek is a researcher at the Institute for Psychological Research (INPSY) at Masaryk University, focusing on LGBTQIA+ psychology and health, research methodology, ethics, and data analysis. At the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, they teach Psychology of Sexual and Gender Diversity. They also chair Q-Hub, a professional association that publishes research-based information on queer health at www.qhub.cz and organizes support groups in Brno, as well as lectures and workshops for both the public and professionals.

Teri Š. H. is a programmer, creative, and chairwoman of Jiná Hora, an association that brings together LGBTQI+ people in the Kutná Hora region. Born and raised in Kutná Hora, she moved to the city of Brno for university, where she discovered her gender and transitioned. She intimately understands the importance of community and peer support groups in people’s individual journeys of self-discovery. For three years, she organised queer meetups in Brno, and since January 2025, she has been building a new queer community in her hometown.