{{Short description|New Zealand LGBT activist (born 1977)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}} {{Use British English Oxford spelling|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox person | name = Suran Dickson | image = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1977}} | birth_place = New Zealand | occupation = | title = }}
'''Suran Dickson''' (born 1977 in New Zealand) is an LGBT and anti-bullying activist. She was the chief executive officer of the British charity Diversity Role Models, which works to reduce homophobic bullying in schools. She founded the charity in 2011.<ref name="GuardPride2013"/><ref name="StandardConfronts"/>
In 2014, ''The Independent on Sunday'' ranked Dickson 10th in its Rainbow List of influential LGBTQ people, having ranked her 20th in the 2013 list, and listed her as a "national treasure" in the 2011 list.<ref name="IndPink2011"/><ref name="IndPink2013"/><ref name="IndRain2014"/> In 2014, ''The Guardian'' listed her 54th in its World Pride Power List, up from 73rd in its 2013 list.<ref name="GuardPride2013"/><ref name="GuardPride2014"/>
Prior to setting up Diversity Role Models, Dickson worked as a school teacher in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.<ref name="GlassCloset"/><ref name="GuardDiverse"/>
Dickson left Diversity Role Models in the 2016-7 financial year to return to New Zealand and was succeeded by Claire Harvey.<ref name="companieshouse">{{cite web |title=Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2017 |url=https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/document-api-images-live.ch.gov.uk/docs/xW-o70b52L3CFC4fZKgSvw1j0u5mr3wq5poVKuLE3ac/application-pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAWRGBDBV3J2JPAA2L%2F20260421%2Feu-west-2%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260421T173255Z&X-Amz-Expires=60&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEG4aCWV1LXdlc3QtMiJGMEQCIH18q0a5kJFLJ1MTKtVJm%2BsiIxiqUEAAoDlNUQjJq%2FDuAiAgRipSyxPCTdf250iRuyUyHVpveIE40DHxBIEBhmZzeCqBBAg2EAUaDDQ0OTIyOTAzMjgyMiIMo3u5e2QA57K4bs0fKt4DpCS4j%2FliWgkBn%2F4Bx0zDBU1SDYRyAwDPmVZKD%2FO%2FsgORjK03sX%2FI97c4aZL5ByzcsXjQqcUUql76fNumu4R0QJ%2F4BcJLBQWSy82yYyitxVvBf5n0Qix%2BT%2B0u8MNWw1Zlh7u4gJfIfjC5i4GhxwhyLgJIGAgH81r5s%2FvYmbXufOzKC4bTwt0CrISjj8gmH6JmO2YWoM06HiKXYiwd6en%2FGxojv99XoMtrz8RvwFGXBwrjS8djDrNTuHQ2ElrQlidtbIHb1j%2FMApYU%2BblfoubszbMld%2FHYQ%2BIXwsJvPr%2BLagTOKHhNk3Z%2FaTpkO3q%2FPOQZI0uf46nhCzbJHeNNxWTNWYAbD2RiamgcgFxgbePnmUKlQyG4DtndrnPv1WIT%2B5x9C1xYRFof0VrnrCPHEH4O36%2F%2FF%2FbLm5KaUHiAXWCLXswHQSfIabn1X1ZCBAUcxoDzUgfcLeKLXQfUFdcko9GdgUymEbCY6c2inABIXug65VEqfxGFbWr%2FE63GVE3X7%2FWIjm1fpibyCJImca3rREoaXEY%2F6zz6%2FVVMCaQ8t6MJs2XXfGKeNXfyVbgdvbfqjSYGKVlV0mQg9L6UCx2eyjj8frOcU4wx49%2BzA7lUL99d2MNXbKjjh1yAEMJcLf%2BCLDDX8Z3PBjqmAdH3DqIaFGDwB4YoH2htH%2F1x3kkATZBiOSpHYOlAbKlcuUmFKJPKqH2PlA13rHZpOXkbVFAQ9QAcElzaIpPM8SXNOXaWpJLpdtsKlRWfYnfsMRUA9hBD06euPtrsbwle9otA8NHYWgCZvdCl0qr3Pq9BC8TOeYK%2F%2F%2BP7Ls9AZvuyZdfT5JXxQvoFlgqdo0ku9oN1ANEUzFb9niNYZi6aXXqUb8nWXAY%3D&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&response-content-disposition=inline%3Bfilename%3D%22companies_house_document.pdf%22&X-Amz-Signature=3c7f9c3244f82be8e4ccc0d6cc7b9122fc0a8e4711eaa24cb182898423766653 |access-date=21 April 2026 |page=9 |format=pdf |website=Companies House |date=5 July 2018}}</ref> She is now<!--April 2026--> a director at Flipside Consulting.<ref name="flipside">{{cite web |title=Suran Dickson |url=https://www.flipsideconsult.org/about |website=Flipside Consulting |access-date=21 April 2026}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist|30em|refs= <ref name="GlassCloset">{{cite web|url=http://glasscloset.org/stories/suran-dickson|title=Suran Dickson|website=The Glass Closet|publisher=The Office of Lord Browne of Madingley|access-date=14 April 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414145023/http://glasscloset.org/stories/suran-dickson|archive-date=14 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> <ref name="GuardDiverse">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/nov/22/tackling-homophobic-bullying-in-schools|title=Hideously diverse Britain: 'The lesson today is: I'm gay'|last=Muir|first=Hugh|newspaper=The Guardian|date=22 November 2011|accessdate=14 April 2015}}</ref> <ref name="GuardPride2013">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/careers/world-pride-power-list-2013-11-100|title=World Pride Power List 2013: 100 most influential LGBT people of the year|date=29 June 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=14 April 2015}}</ref> <ref name="GuardPride2014">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/careers/world-pride-power-list-2014|title=World Pride Power List 2014: 11 to 100|newspaper=The Guardian|last1=George|first1=Sue|last2=Paschali|first2=Pas|date=28 June 2014|accessdate=14 April 2015}}</ref> <ref name="IndPink2011">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-ios-pink-list-2011-2374595.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-ios-pink-list-2011-2374595.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=The IoS Pink List 2011|newspaper=The Independent on Sunday|date=23 October 2011|accessdate=14 April 2015}}</ref> <ref name="IndPink2013">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-independent-on-sundays-pink-list-2013-8876183.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-independent-on-sundays-pink-list-2013-8876183.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=The Independent on Sunday's Pink List 2013|newspaper=The Independent on Sunday|date=13 October 2013|accessdate=14 April 2015}}</ref> <ref name="IndRain2014">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/therainbowlist/rainbow-list-2014-1-to-100-9848457.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/therainbowlist/rainbow-list-2014-1-to-100-9848457.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Rainbow List 2014, 1 to 101|newspaper=The Independent on Sunday|date=9 November 2014|accessdate=14 April 2015}}</ref> <ref name="StandardConfronts">{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/teacher-confronts-gay-hate-in-schools-6429476.html|title=Teacher confronts gay hate in schools|last=Davis|first=Anna|date=4 August 2011|newspaper=London Evening Standard|accessdate=14 April 2015}}</ref> }}
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