The hive mind of Queer Burners

When there is a call for action in the community from an organizational point of view these are the people who actively stepped up. They did not approach it from a sense of entitlement. They did this out of a sense of making community better. Everyone who acted took Immediacy and Community and turned into results that made the Gayborhood and our allies a strong presence. Queer Burners works when self motivated people engage and band together to make our community and the participants around us better.

	Ariel Founder of Gender Blender, performer and community activist. QB Profile | Facebook | Instagram | Other
	Alexander Community Leader and member of Gender Blender. Community activist and educator for gender identity. QB Profile | Facebook | Instagram | Other
	Yogen Founder and Creator of the Glamcocks. Seattle based regional lead for Glamcocks. An asset since 2016. QB Profile | Facebook | Instagram | Other
	Xian Leader and community builder with the BAAAHS Station crew. Jumped in and became an asset in 2016. QB Profile | Facebook | Instagram | Other
	Coop A fundamental leader in the Comfort & Joy leadership. Producer and Lead Volunteer Coordinator for Queer Burner Retreat 2016. Coop has been an asset since 2015. QB Profile | Facebook | Instagram | Other
	Dare San Francisco based regional coordinator for the GlamCocks. Copy writer for many of Queer Burners written material for 2016. Producer for Queer Burner Retreat 2016. Dare has been an asset since 2015. QB Profile | Facebook | Instagram | Other
	Cyndi Vee (aka Cyndi No Pants) Producer of Gender Blender as a camp lead. Educator and mentor for and about  Trans and Gender Queer persons. No Pants has been an asset since 2014. QB Profile | Facebook | Instagram | Other
	Pretzel Leader in the GlamCocks and stepped in to help with some of the production of the 2016 Queer Burner Retreat. Pretzel has been an asset since 2015 to present. QB Profile | Facebook | Instagram | Other
	Indigo Leader in the AstroPups theme camp. One of the original producers for Queer Burner Retreat in 2015 and 2016. Indigo has been an asset 2014 to present. QB Profile | Facebook | Instagram | Other
	Foxy Leader in Camp Beaverton Camp. A green dot ranger as Ranger Torchwood. One of the original producers for Queer Burner Retreat in 2015 and 2016. Foxy has been an asset 2014 to present. QB Profile | Facebook | Instagram | Other
	Toaster Founder of “Gay Burners in 2008, changed it over to “Queer Burners” in 2012. Currently the Executive Producer of the Sun Guardians Theme Camp (2016 Village). Also the creator and producer behind the Queer Burner Retreat. QB Profile | Facebook | Instagram | Other
	Scott Burdette Founding member of the Seattle based Camp Conception. Co moderator and admin for the Queer Burners Facebook boards as well as an admin for the Queer Burners web site. Scott started early on helping out with Queer Burners around 2010 to Present… QB Profile | Facebook | Instagram | Other
	Bucket Former Mayor of Camp Beaverton, Bucket was one of the first to make strong efforts to build bridges with Beaverton out to the rest of the community while maintaining the integrity of the camp. Helped advise from 2009 to 2010. QB Profile | Facebook | Instagram | Other
	Kitten Founder of Comfort & Joy back in the day and a total community queen since was one of the earliest supporters of the Queer Burners project. He helped a lot from 2009 to 2013. QB Profile | Facebook | Instagram | Other
	Moonraker (RIP 2012) A founder of Moonbow camp, the BRC Gay Pride Parade and the originator of the official Queer Burner Meet & Greet, this man was an inspiration and was loved widely in the community. He was one of the first cheerleaders for Queer Burners from 2009 to his passing in 2012. QB Profile | Facebook | Instagram | Other

Special thanks to KD Calfee, Jessica Allred and Mario Cisneros (RIP) for their early support. To many of the folks at Comfort & Joy, Gender Blender and the GlamCocks for their help along the way.

To Michael “COOP” Cooper, Russ Smith, Cyndi Vee and the amazing “Foxy” Fox for their help on this project and other past projects. To an amazing team of volunteers thank you for making the 2016 Queer Burner Retreat twice what it was in 2015 and for looking ahead to what is yet to come. Thank you Indigo, Shaul, Dare and Pretzel, Foxy, Adam and Justime for coming to meetings and making the Queer Burner Retreat actually happen in 2016.