Ariel Howland is an activist, writer, and community educator who is also white, pansexual, genderqueer, and a butch transgender woman. She graduated from the University of Oregon with a BA in Women and Gender studies and minors in Queer studies and Political science. As an activist she has fought for many social justice and environmental causes. Some of the highlights include organizing the Beyond Patriarchy conference, the Trans and/or Women’s Action Camp (TWAC), a campaign against a transphobic hate group, and a campaign against a white supremacist group. Ariel has taught workshops on various subjects with a focus on gender, sexuality, and race. She has been published in the Earth First! Journal, Eugene Weekly, and Portland Observer.

Bridget Liang is a mixed race, queer, transfeminine, neurodiverse, disabled, fat fangirl. They came into their queerness in Hamilton Ontario and co-founded RADAR Youth Group at the LGBTQ Wellness Centre (the Well), the first queer group in a high school in Hamilton, and were instrumental in the passing of an equity policy in the HWDSB. They're a PhD candidate in the Gender, Feminist, and Women's Studies Program at York University, a community researcher, workshop and group facilitator, performance artist, and fiction writer. Much of their work revolves around intersectionality and arts-based research.