Kevin Manders is a queer trans Buddhist living in Vancouver, British Columbia, on the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. He has been on the dharma path for the last twelve years in the Therav─Бda tradition. He is an addictions and mental health worker who is passionate about the dharma, social-justice issues, anti-racist work, feminism, queer and trans issues, disability issues, intersectionality, veganism, cycling, and music. He calls the Queer and Trans sangha, BC Insight Med┬нitation Society, and Birken Forest Monastery home.
Elizabeth Marston is a trans writer, hacker, anarcho-communist, and Buddhist. She holds a masterтАЩs degree in philosophy (with study concentrated on ethics and political philosophy).