Al Preston is a Public Historian and Scholar of queer history. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in History at Lycoming College in Williamsport PA where he focused of queer medieval studies. He is currently a graduate student in Duquesne University's Public History program with a graduation date of May 2025. Academically, he has a passion for queer history across the globe and time. More recently, he’s found himself both fascinated by and in love with Pittsburgh’s local history. When he isn’t studying history, he’s spending time with his wife, usually playing games or writing.

Silas Maxwell Switzer is a queer scholar, archivist, and poet currently pursuing a History major at the University of Pittsburgh. In 2023, he published his docupoetry chapbook, Nine Parts Water, One Part Bleach, chronicling the local history of the AIDS crisis in Pittsburgh. His academic passions are local queer history, empire and nation-state theory, and archival studies. Silas has an essay in the journal Queer Studies in Media and Popular Culture analyzing the queer worldbuilding in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. His poetry appears in Lunch
Ticket. When he isn’t buried in the archives or writing poetry, Silas enjoys contemplating the mysteries of American urban fauna, particularly the noble possum.