David Abello is a social scientist. He has an Honours Degree in Social Science. He has been active in queer/communities/movements over many decades. He holds voluntary positions on a number of boards for management of disability support and advocacy related organisations in NSW. He has a psychiatric disability.
David Urquhart has been an activist in the disability and queer movements since 1968. He is a volunteer Director for People with Disabilities (NSW) Inc. He left school before finishing and worked in the rag trade until 1968 when he got tired of flogging bras and girdles. He then became a sugar-crazed taxi driver. He spent four years at art school and wonders why. He has hearing loss, chronic hypertension, and a posterior disc protrusion.