"Jack O'Rion Barker has lived in the Pacific Northwest since coming to Seattle for graduate school in 1972. He began his transition in 1989. Jack is a bespoke corset maker by trade and has been a member of Seattle's leather community for more than 40 years. Now in his seventies, Jack continues to come up with ways to push a variety of envelopes."

Lukas is a certified counselor and experienced educator, community developer, and group facilitator, working closely with British Columbia’s trans* population and their families, clinical care teams, schools and employers, providing peer support, transitional guidance and customized information sessions for nearly 20 years. He is co-founder of FTM Etc, a peer support/discussion group still going strong since 1998, and a longtime member of World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Lukas is someone who is very dear to both Kai and Jackal. He’s a master storyteller and you won’t be able to keep yourself from falling in love with him.

Cam is a man living a stealth lifestyle yet still engaging in community and mentoring younger transmen. The birth parent of two sons, he says that although he was always masculine, he would not have transitioned earlier than he did in 2006 when he was in his 40s. He has had his own business doing antiracism work with executives since 2004. Having gone through many surgeries with some serious complications, he reemerged into his practice as male not wanting white people to get distracted due to being trans. He is a practicing Buddhist and also an avid weightlifter.

Ed Varga is a trans man who might be considered a trans elder, having come out as trans around 1995. He is composer and songwriter based in San Francisco, California. He has been an activist and organizer in the queer and trans communities since 1989. He has been active in the queer music world (historically known as homocore and queercore) since the early 1990's as a musician, activist and producer.

https://www.tonegeneratorstudios.com/

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Award-winning social worker, published author, and public speaker, Zander Keig is a Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (FAIR) Advisor and Senior Fellow, Institute for Liberal Values Diversity Director, and sought-after international corporate emotional wellness and personal growth workshop facilitator.