Alexander Dalton is a 20-year-old transgender man. Since the age of 16, Alex has been a lived experience public speaker and advocate for mental health and LGBTQIA+ rights. A second-year psychology and politics student at the University of Melbourne, Alex currently plans to pursue a career in psychological research or policy. In 2022, he presented his work entitled ‘Youth Participation in Suicide Prevention Research: How Can Organisations Be Better?’ and ‘Are we practicing what we preach? Partnering with young people in a study about youth partnerships in suicide prevention research’ at the International Association for Youth Mental Health Conference in Copenhagen.