Willy Wilkinson, MPH is an award-winning writer, public health consultant, and cultural competency trainer who has been advocating for marginalized populations since the early days of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. He is the author of the Lambda Literary Award-winning book Born on the Edge of Race and Gender: A Voice for Cultural Competency, which illuminates trans experience from a Chinese American and mixed heritage perspective, and transforms the memoir genre into a cultural competency tool.

John Otto has a Bachelor’s degree in transgender studies (aka interdisciplinary gender & sex studies) and has worked professionally advocating for transgender people in Washington DC. He is of the first generation to come out and enter adulthood post-Stonewall and has been every letter of LGBT along the way.

Jackal is one of the hosts of the Stealth: A Transmasculine Podcast. He grew up in the Los Angeles area and began transitioning around 1998 in the supportive Seattle community. Jackal is a passionate anti-racist and anti-oppression advocate. He identifies as a transman, FTM, nonbinary and genderqueer and also as white, working class and queer.

Mike Hernandez is a polyamorous gay (with an exception) bear. He thinks he looks innocent, but the twinkle in his eyes gives away his impish sense of humour. He loves every bit of grey hair that he’s earned.

Mitchell C Hunter is an activist leader in the Transgender (Trans*)/NonBinary (NB)/Gender Diverse and LGBQ communities. Serving on Seattle’s LGBT Commission, he jointly created policy leading to Seattle’s all-gender restroom law.