This next segment comes to us from our latest edition to the stealth team Mikelina Born to Ethiopian, Eritrean immigrants. Mikelina grew up in Arlington, Texas as part of a tight-knit haha diaspora community. They became active in community organizing while attending Texas a and m University before moving on to Harvard Law School where they became steeped in abolitionist theory and subsequently turned their focus to the issue of mass incarceration.

Elijah was born and raised in rural coastal Alaska where he found boyhood playing  in the woods, fishing on the rivers and sea, and joining every sport he could. As an adult, he still tries to play in the PNW woods and beaches as often as he can, always with his kid running ahead of him. When not in the woods, you can find him organizing retreats for trans people, making huge pots of soup, and in the garden with his spouse. Being a dad is his favorite phase of life. 

Max Wolf Valerio is a trans man, and a mixed Blackfoot/Sephardic poet, performer, and writer. He has appeared in a number of documentaries, including the Max short in Monika Treut’s Female Misbehavior. He featured in several feature films, including Unhung Heroes, in which he plays a pansexual artistic transman who dreams of exhibiting sculptures of his penis, and Gendernauts. Valerio’s writing has been published in This Bridge Called My Back (pre-transition under his former name, Anita Valerio), This Bridge We Call Home, Male Lust: Pleasure, Power, and Transformation, Transgender Care, Body Alchemy, and The Phallus Palace.

Patrick lives in a tiny house in Philadelphia with his wife, toddler, and elderly beagle mix. Patrick is a seasoned psychotherapist who specializes in helping his clients heal from PTSD and Complex trauma. As a trauma survivor himself, this is Patrick's life's work. As the founder of Philadelphia EMDR, Patrick provides trauma-informed care and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for clients across the country through secure virtual sessions. His work blends deep clinical expertise with a grounded, relational presence—and a belief that healing is both courageous and profoundly human.

Raymond Rea is a filmmaker and writer. Ray's work often challenges assumptions, hints at theatricality, and uses a raw LoFi aesthetic to address complexities. He is distributed through Canyon Cinema and Frameline Distribution  https://raymondrea.com