Annette is an accomplished trade union activist and avid speech writer. She works as a secondary school teacher and spends her free time representing LGBT+ union members as a member of the NEU National Executive, where she is the LGBT+ Equality Seat Holder. She has been published in the Morning Star and Schools Week on LGBTQ+ issues in schools and education, as well as the Guardian’s ‘Secret Teacher’. She has been interviewed on radio in both England and Scotland on homophobic bullying and its effects. She is a proud ally and advocate of and for the Trans, Bisexual and non-binary communities and all those in between. She believes that people’s lives shouldn’t be up for discussion or debate, and has a special interest in the progression of same sex marriage laws internationally, as well as issues of faith and the LGBTQ+ community. She has also been on the TUC LGBT+ committee.