Peppermint rose to fame as the first out trans contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9, finishing as runner-up. She then made history as the first trans woman to originate a principal role on Broadway in Head Over Heels.

Her recent projects include roles in Netflix’s Survival of the Thickest, Hulu’s Fire Island, and various TV series. She has hosted and presented at the GLAAD Media Awards and co-hosts the Black Queer Town Hall podcast.

Peppermint is also an activist, serving as the ACLU’s first Artist Ambassador for Trans Justice and raising funds for LGBTQ+ organizations. She has been recognized for her work with award nominations and honors, including a GLAAD Media Award nomination, a “Queeroes” award, and a spot on Out magazine’s “OUT100” list.

Alice (she/her) is an aerospace manufacturing engineer and State Representative from Dover, New Hampshire. She decided to run for State Representative in 2024 when her own rights came under attack in New Hampshire. Ever since, she’s been pushing back against harmful policies at the statehouse and changing minds.

During the 2026 Legislative Session, she filed a constitutional amendment to protect marriage equality in New Hampshire, filed multiple bills to enhance consumer and worker protections, and worked bipartisanly to pass a bill honoring Gold Star Families that had been stalled for 13 years.

In 2026, she won the Vanessa Washington-Johnson Bloeman Award from the MLK New Hampshire Coalition for her commitment to Dr. King’s principles of practicing social justice and seeking peace.

Radical historian Howard Zinn once called Evan Greer (she/they) “an eloquent and energetic writer” reminiscent of “Phil Ochs”. Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello called Greer “a heck of a guitar player.” Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace called her “a mentally ill man in a dress” just before having her thrown out of an event in Washington, DC.

Never one to shy away from blending provocative activism with her music, Evan Greer has announced AMAB/ACAB, a new full length album produced by Casey Neill. With percussion from Rachel Blumberg (The Decemberists), features from Eve 6, Liz Berlin (Rusted Root), Victoria Ruiz (Downtown Boys), and keys from Boston Red Sox organist Josh Kantor, Greer presents a dozen new songs ranging from folk-punk bangers about cozy but imperfect basement shows to Boygenius-inspired shoegaze ballads about keeping relationships together while the world burns. Greer is known for her protest songs and queer anthems, and given the current political moment one might expect an album of straightforward punk polemics. But despite its cheeky name (acronyms for “Assigned Male At Birth” and “All Cops Are Bastards,”) what AMAB/ACAB delivers is more enduring and musically expansive than your standard protest . These are songs that feel forged in a time before MAGA and Trump, and like they will still resonate long after the fascists lose.

Evan Greer is a trans and queer activist, writer, and musician based in Boston. When she’s not playing queer anarcho-indie-punk music, she’s the director of digital rights group Fight for the Future and writes regularly about the intersection of tech policy and human rights for the Washington Post, Time, NBC News, Wired, and CNN. Her last album Spotify is Surveillance was released by Don Giovanni Records and Get Better Records and featured by NPR, Rolling Stone and Pitchfork. Her pre-streaming era debut album, Never Surrender, was beloved in the early 2000s folk-punk scene with underground “hits” like the “Picket Line Song” and “I Want Something.” Over the years she’s shared stages and collaborated with Pete Seeger, Dead Prez, Against Me!, Talib Kweli, Ted Leo, Speedy Ortiz, Anjimile, The Blow, Eve 6, Chumbawamba, Ezra Furman, Immortal Technique, Mirah, Oi Polloi, Mischief Brew, and Billy Bragg.

CeCé Telfer (she/her) is a Jamaican-American athlete who, in June 2019, became the first openly transgender woman to win a NCAA title. Telfer became a NCAA National Champion in the 400-meter hurdles event which put her on the trajectory of becoming a U.S. Olympic hopeful for the Tokyo Olympics 2021.

The Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer (he/him) is known for their advocacy with the homeless and LGBTQ communities. Featured in publications around the globe and on Netflix’s Queer Eye, Megan received an honorable mention as an Unsung Hero of Compassion by Wisdom in Action with His Holiness the Dali Lama and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary award. His latest book about San Francisco’s Transgender District shares historic images from the 1880’s through the present was a #1 New Release on Amazon.

Logan Ireland (he/him) is actively serving in the Air Force as a Master Sergeant in Hawaii and identifies as a transgender male. Logan entered the Air Force in 2010 and has served overseas in Afghanistan, Qatar, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates in support of multiple contingency operations. Throughout his career, Logan has earned multiple honors, meritorious awards, and was the first actively serving transgender military member to serve as their corrected gender being recognized by former President Barack Obama for his advocacy efforts. Logan was featured with his wife Laila Ireland in the award winning documentary, “TransMilitary” and the New York Times documentary, “Transgender at War and in Love.” Since 2012, Logan has passionately volunteered with SPARTA, a 501(c)(3) non-profit nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that is home to community of transgender service members, veterans, and their allies. He currently serves as the Vice Chair and Membership Director and founded SPARTA Future Warriors designed to assist aspiring transgender service members in navigating entry into military service. Logan continues to be a visible advocate and mentor for transgender military service.

Rayceen Pendarvis is a renowned event host, dedicated activist, self-described gender-blender, and lifelong Washingtonian. As an inspirational speaker, enthusiastic promoter, dynamic emcee of numerous LGBTQ events, and venerated champion of many local causes in the Nation’s Capital, Rayceen has earned the monikers High Priestess of Love, Queen of the Shameless Plug, Empress of Pride, and Goddess of DC. In addition to being a steadfast advocate for the arts and ardent proponent of voter participation, Rayceen regularly hosts festivals, Pride celebrations, award ceremonies, community gatherings, and other events, often in partnership with Team Rayceen Productions. For more, please visit Rayceen.com

Elisa Crespo is the Executive Director of Stonewall Community Foundation. Prior to Stonewall, Elisa spent several transformative years as the founding executive director of the NEW Pride Agenda, where she built the emerging organization from the ground up, creating a thriving state-wide advocacy powerhouse. Elisa was instrumental in the implementation of New York State’s multi-million-dollar Lorena Borjas Transgender and Nonbinary Wellness & Equity Fund, one of the first of its kind in the country. As a trans Latina woman, Elisa is a trailblazer in the nonprofit sector, where just 5% of NYC-area nonprofit leaders are Latina women.

Elisa’s movement building efforts have been profiled in numerous media outlets including Them, LGBTQ Nation, OUT Magazine, Marie Claire and NBC News. A lifelong New Yorker, Elisa made history in 2020 as the first trans woman to run for public office in the Bronx.

Diamond L. Delancy (she/her) is the Director of Black Partnerships at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, where she leads national relationship-building strategies that strengthen collaboration with Black-led organizations and movements working toward reproductive freedom and health equity.

With a background rooted in organizing, coalition-building, and racial justice–centered advocacy, Diamond brings experience across local, statewide, and national spaces. Prior to joining the national office, she served as Organizing Director at Planned Parenthood of South, East and North Florida, where she developed equity-focused programs and sustained partnerships with community-based organizations to expand access to reproductive health care and civic engagement.

Diamond also served as Deputy Organizing Director for the Florida Yes on 4 abortion ballot initiative campaign, helping coordinate large-scale engagement efforts alongside hundreds of coalition partners and national stakeholders to mobilize millions of voters in support of reproductive rights.

Her leadership is grounded in reproductive justice, intersectional movement-building, and a deep commitment to visibility, safety, and liberation for queer and trans communities. As a queer Black woman, Diamond believes that building accountable partnerships across movements is essential to sustaining long-term power and ensuring that all people, especially those most marginalized, can live with dignity, autonomy, and joy.

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Nia Clark, MSW (she/her), is the Senior Specialist of Strategic Outreach & Training at Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRCF). A former foster youth and Black trans woman, she has spent nearly 20 years changing systems from within as a consultant, trainer, direct service provider, researcher, and LGBTQIA+ youth advocate. Nia holds a master’s degree in Advanced Clinical Social Work from Simmons University in Boston.