Stella Nyanzi is a Ugandan human rights advocate. She is also a poet, medical anthropologist and radical queer African feminist, fighting against anti-queer laws and for freedom of expression. Stella is a researcher of sexuality, family planning and public health, and is a leading scholar in the field of Queer African Studies. She has been a vocal critic of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and was arrested in 2017 for insulting him. Stella is currently living in Germany under the Writers-in-Exile programme of PEN Zentrum Deutschland.

Social media handles / Web pages:

@drstellanyanzi
https://t.co/Iopi8MZl9W

Mauro Cabral Grinspan is Argentinian, and has more than 20 years of experience in the field of trans and intersex advocacy. He co-founded GATE in 2009 and served as its Executive Director for five years. He is currently in charge of coordinating the Task Forces on “Trans and Intersex Funding” and “Responding to Anti-Gender Ideology” at the Global Philanthropy Project. Mauro participated in the elaboration of the Yogyakarta Principles and the Yogyakarta Principles+10, being a signatory of both documents. He holds a Degree in History by the Universidad Nacional of Córdoba (Argentina) and had continued postgraduate studies in the fields of philosophy and public policy. He can be contacted at:

mcabralgrinspan@gmail.com

Jules Gill-Peterson is a US-based historian and trans writer. She serves as the general co-editor of TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly and is also the author of Histories of the Transgender Child (2018), the first book to challenge the myth that transgender children are a brand new generation in the twenty-first century. Jules has published extensively in different media outlets on issues related to trans history and the history of sexuality, gender nonconforming childhood and youth, and current attacks on gender affirmative care and anti-trans legislation in the US context.

Social media handles / Web pages:

@gp_jls
https://www.jgillpeterson.com/

Alia Amirali is a political worker based in Pakistan and associated with the left-wing Awami Workers Party. She has worked closely with various grassroots movements in Pakistan over the last two decades, and contributed to mobilising students, workers, women, slum dwellers, and landless tenants in various parts of the country. Alia is also a feminist scholar, teaching Gender Studies at Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, and is currently pursuing her PhD in Gender Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Social media handles / Web pages:

@AwamiWorkers
@wdf_pk