Heather Paterson was born in 1981 in Liverpool, she moved to Sheffield in 1999 to study at Sheffield Hallam University where she was elected as LGB Officer and has worked within LGBTQ+ communities and more broadly for groups and organisations focused on equality, human rights, and social justice ever since.
Post university Heather worked for the Sheffield LGB Youth Initiative and went on to be one of the founder members of Sheffield Pride.
After initially working on their LGBTQ+ domestic abuse project, she went on to become CEO of LGBTQ+ youth charity, SAYiT.
Now working as Head of Partnerships and Development for Consortium (the largest network of
LGBT+ groups and organisations in the UK), Heather also writes the LGBTQ+ column for Exposed Magazine, and DJs and performs her as drag alter ego Anna Kissed.
She also sleeps occasionally, but probably not enough.