Stefan Arestis is one half of gay travel blog duo ‘Nomadic Boys’. In 2014 the couple took an 18-month trip around Asia, documenting their experiences travelling as a gay couple. They published The Gay Guide to Travelling with Pride to help other gay travellers plan fun and safe trips.

Ahana Roy, a researcher from India, specialises in gender politics in China. She’s written about China’s LGBTQ+ community and women's political representation in Chinese elite politics for the Organisation for Research on China and Asia (ORCA). Her research interests encompass non-traditional security studies, particularly focusing on gender and sexuality, as well as authoritarianism, political institutions, and Chinese society and culture. She holds a master’s degree in political science with international relations from Jadavpur University, Kolkata.