Stephan Pennington is a critical musicologist focusing on popular music and cultural studies at Tufts University. A pioneering scholar on Transgender Studies in Music, he has been sought out for a number of public intellectual projects, including the documentary No Ordinary Man about trans masculine jazz musician Billy Tipton. He has also dedicated service to the trans community, being the keynote speaker for LA Trans Unity, speaking on trans topics on national television, and performing music at Cristopher Street West and Trans/Giving, a musical series in Los Angeles. He is currently working on two book projects, one on transgender vocality and the second on the persistence of enlightenment white supremacy in current musicological culture. He is also a Twitch Streamer who streams Table Top Role-Playing Games like Dungeons & Dragons and cultivates a welcoming community.

Ryan Sallans, MA is an international speaker and author who specializes in inclusion, diversity, and healthcare. Over the past 20 years, Ryan has worked in the fields of eating disorder recovery, sexual orientation, and gender identity development. In 2021, Ryan became the first person outside a lawyer to address the United States Courts for a Heritage Month Event (Pride Month). Ryan uses the craft of educational storytelling, guided by his academic degrees in cultural anthropology, English and educational psychology to assist audiences in breaking down the barriers that gender presents us all.

Matt Rice is a long-time transitioned (more than 30 years) non-binary trans guy. Matt began his activism in the late 1980s and early 1990s with ACT UP and Queer Nation in Chicago. Matt was involved in trans visibility activism in the early 1990s in San Francisco. Matt was a research assistant for the SF Department of Public Health on the first HIV seroprevalence study of the transgender community in San Francisco in the late 1990s. Matt has been a high school science teacher for more than 17 years, and currently works as an instructional coach for his local school district. He is happiest when he is working in intersectional equity advocacy in PreK–12 spaces. Matt has just finished his dissertation on the experiences of trans and non-binary teachers in K–12 education.

Finn identifies as a transman and began his medical transition in 2006 at the age of 31. He grew up in a small town in Iowa, and is a first generation college graduate. He has a master's degree in nursing and works as a community mental health nurse. He's also a veteran of the United States Navy. Finn loves the outdoors, trees, and hiking adventures with his spouse. He's a proud stepdad to two wonderful young people.

Cooper Lee Bombardier is a queer, trans American writer and visual artist living in Canada. He is the author of the memoir-in-essays Pass With Care, a finalist for the 2021 Firecracker Award in Nonfiction. His writing appears in The Kenyon Review, The Malahat Review, Ninth Letter, CutBank, Nailed Magazine, Longreads, Narratively, BOMB, and The Rumpus; and in 19 anthologies, including the Lambda Literary Award-winning anthology, The Remedy–Essays on Queer Health Issues, and the Lambda-nominated anthology, Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Speculative Fiction From Transgender Writers, which won a 2018 American Library Association Stonewall Book Award. He teaches in the MFA in Creative Nonfiction program at University of King’s College and in women, gender, and sexuality studies at Saint Mary’s University.

Mac co-founded the nonprofit, “Positive Masculinity”, a project for heart-led masculine folks who want to create a transformative path for masculinity in our world. He is a radio show host of "The You Can Make A Difference Show" on Rainier Avenue Radio and in 2017 Mac ran for Seattle City Council and was the first transgender person ever to be on a ballot in Washington State. The Mayor appointed Mac as a Seattle City Commissioner in 2011 and he served until 2016. He currently serves on the Seattle Renter's Commission appointed by the City Council. Mac is on the Washington state council for PFLAG and on the Seattle Police Department LGBT advisory board. He continuously speaks on panels and solo at numerous colleges, non-profit groups, and state and city governments on gender & sexuality.

"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.

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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.

Jack is a first-generation Chicano, born in a small rural town in Northern California to parents from Mexico City. Jack identifies as a Trans-Man and started his transition in 2002. Jack has his law degree and has worked as a public defender for 17 years. Jack presents and educates at universities on trans-awareness, issues and on how to be an ally.

Rhodes Perry is a nationally recognized diversity, equity, and inclusion thought leader. He has two decades of leadership experience having worked at the White House, the Department of Justice, and PFLAG National. As the founder of Rhodes Perry Consulting, a LGBTQ+ diverse supplier, his team is on a mission to help leaders, visionaries, and change makers build psychological safety, trust, and belonging at work.

Jeremy (he/him/his) is a run of the mill guy that happens to be a transman. He's currently a Sr Software Engineer at a fortune 500 company. When not churning out code he likes to spend his free time going to law school and doing martial arts.

Michael Woodward is the co-founder of TRACTION, a trans-led community service organization in Washington state. In addition to his current role as Senior Curriculum Writer at the SEIU 775 Benefits Group, Michael has provided trans and queer inclusion consulting services to healthcare and corporate leaders nationwide for nearly two decades.

Reid is one of STP's most popular guests who returns to the pod. He discusses another form of transition during his life: aging. Reid is a wonderful storyteller whose good humor and insight will make you fall in love with him, just as we did.

Dr. Brice D. Smith is a social entrepreneur and historian. He recently launched the historic, multi-media, all-weather walking tour app lgbt milWALKee. He also wrote Lou Sullivan: Daring to Be a Man among Men, which was published in 2017 and will be released as an audiobook narrated by Jamison Green later this year.

Born a 45 year old in a kid’s suit. Trying to be more of a kid as I get older. I have my moments.

Zion is a writer and an English teacher working and living in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Also known as Saigon. He keeps a personal blog about being Black abroad, his trans experience and travel. At times he dabbles in stand-up comedy. Mostly he likes to travel the Vietnamese countryside by motorbike to discover people, food and other places to enjoy a good ice cold beer and revel in the wonder of wandering around the world.