Kim is Executive Director/Co-Founder of TransYouth Family Allies (TYFA) and National Board President of PFLAG-TNET. She first directed her energy into GLBT support, advocacy and education as the founder and president of her local PFLAG Chapter when the youngest of her three children came out as lesbian in 2005. Eighteen months later she found herself facilitating that same child's transition to living life as a young man. Fueled by her passion for ensuring respect and equal rights for children like hers she co-founded TYFA, the first and only national organization that supports, educates and advocates exclusively for gender variant and transgender children.

Dr. Becky Allison lost her medical practice in the South when she began her transition in 1993. She moved to Arizona, where she has practiced cardiology for fifteen years. Becky has been named as one of Phoenix Magazine's "Top Doctors" several times. Her website has been utilized by the Trans community for many years as an invaluable aid in the transition journey, DrBecky.com.

Margaux served as Deputy Director of AEGIS, the American Educational Gender Information Service, and was active in the early years of the Southern Comfort Conference, serving on the program committee and as a panelist. She has appeared on the Joan Rivers program and was in the first all-transgender cast of The Vagina Monologues (Los Aneles 2004), performing "My Vagina Was My Village," a depiction of the Bosnian rape camps. In 2004 Margaux founded AZDOR.ORG, planning the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil at the state capitol.  Her advocacy is year-round, doing education and outreach at Phoenix Pride and the Arizona Rainbows Festival.
 

Rev Paul Langston-Daley is an Ordained Unitarian Universalist minister. He has served congregations in the Unitarian Universalist Association for the past 10 years in New York, California, Pennsylvania and is currently serving in Arizona. He is a recent graduate of the International Institute for Restorative Practices in Bethlehem PA. Paul has training in Healthy Congregations, conflict management and community organizing and has led numerous workshops in these areas. He has also led workshops on congregational development and membership integration for ministers, directors of religious education and lay leaders.

Prior to his transition, Paul coordinated the Recovery Support area at the Michigan Womyns Music Festival for 15 years.  Paul was and still is a staunch feminist and worked in the area of womens reproductive rights, and GLTB rights.

Paul is has one son who lives in California. His son comes to visit several times a year and they talk on the phone regularly. Paul is currently engaged and he and his fianc live in Glendale Arizona with their two dogs Miso and Harley.

Dharma Kelleher is a queer author, blogger and podcaster who frequently focuses on the topics of addiction and depression in the LGBT community. She is the author of the book Fight the Misery Conspiracy: Reclaiming Your Right to be Happy, the host of the Transgender Survival Guide podcast, a member of the Advice Panel for TheLesbianLifestyle.com and the admin for MTFMentors.org. For more information, visit her website at DharmaKelleher.com.

Randi and Shellie married in 1997 after Randi swept Shellie off her feet in a three month whirlwind romance. While they began their lives together as husband and wife (complete with fairy tale expectations), Randi began to address her gender dysphoria seven years into the marriage and soon after, began the transition process. Today, they are living happily ever after as princess and princess, after making some minor changes in the original fairy tale paradigm. Randi currently works with American Express as a senior programmer analyst and Shellie teaches piano in her private studio while pursuing a masters degree in counseling from the University of Phoenix.

As a gay man, Peterson's journey out of the closet has been long and complicated. After years of submitting to reparative therapy through counseling, ex-gay support groups, and even three exorcisms, Peterson enrolled in the ex-gay residential program, Love in Action. He graduated successfully from the program nearly two years later, but in January of 1999 he finally came OUT and fully accepted himself as a gay man.
Later in 1999 Peterson founded p2son productions and began performing his one-person plays.  A comic character actor and a playwright, Peterson often draws on poetry, the Bible and other texts as well as extensive interviews to inspire his theater work. Known for his flawless character transformations, Peterson literally changes the way his whole body and face appear on stage along with his voice and accent.
You can learn more about Peterson on his website
Peterson's Bio.

Mila and Jayna are the co-host of the award nominated internet radio show "Trans-Ponder: Transgender Life in the Trenches", and the creators of the comic book "Ocity : the Osiris City Adventures". Jayna is a 3D animator who has worked on feature films and videos games, and currently teaches art at a university. Mila is an artist and illustrator who currently manages the operations of a non profit that provides legal services and advocacy for the community. Together they have spent the last 2 years creating original audio and video content on the TransFM internet broadcast network. Their weekly show provides a window into the news and event of the community, and gives ongoing insight into the process of transition with guest interviews and personal commentary. visit their sites at www.trans-ponder.com and www.fulldrawstudios.com

Abigail Jensen is a trans woman and attorney from Prescott, Arizona.  She is also President of QsquaredYouth, an education, support and advocacy organization for LGBTQ youth in Yavapai County; a member of the boards of directors of the Prescott Area Women's Shelter and TransMentors International; and a general rabble rouser on issues of equal rights for transgender, as well as, lesbian, gay and bisexual, people.

Cameron - (coming).

Ed is the Treasurer of Transmentors International Inc.  He is a gay man who came to terms with his sexuality later in life.  Ed is excited to be working with the transgender men, women and youth.  He is committed to keeping abreast and building his knowledge base that involves the transgender men, women and youth. He is actively involved with the GLBT community, and takes on roles that allow him to take ownership of issues that involve our GLBT friends and family.  

Cameron Lee King is a 29 year-old male-to female transsexual. She accepted and embraced her true identity approximately five years ago and is currently in transition. As a new member of the transgender community, she encourages others to share their experiences and knowledge as she is not shy about expressing herself. She is very excited to be living a life worth living for the very first time and has been encouraged to utilize her youthful buoyancy in addressing issues she feels strongly about.