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- CHRYSANTHEMUM TRAN (SHE/HER)CHRYSANTHEMUM TRAN (CHRYSANTHEMUM TRAN)CHRYSANTHEMUM TRAN IS A VIETNAME AMERIN POET, WRER AND PERFORMANCE ARTIST. SHE WAS A 2019 RECIPIENT OF THE MACCOLL JOHNSON FELLOWSHIP OM THE RHO ISLAND FOUNDATN, AND A 2019 ARTIST RINCY AT WILLIAMS COLLEGE. HER WORK N BE SEEN THE NEW YORK TIM, THE NATN, THEM, BETTERG AMERIN POETRY, THE OFFG, AND MORE. OUTSI OF POETRY, TRAN WORKS AS A QUEER HEALTH REARCHER AND A MUNY HISTORIAN.YOU SEE, SCE MEN THREATENED BY TRANS WOMENWILL ALWAYS ENSURE OUR BODI EMPTY THEMSELV—OUR BLOGY OBV AND FLACCID ON THE ON THE BATHROOM FLOORAND DON’T THAT MAKE ME A WOMAN, BLOGILLY?BLOGIL WOMAN—THAT’S ME— “BLOGIL WOMAN (AFTER MAYA ANGELOU’S “PHENOMENAL WOMAN”)”GOLN (THEY/THEM)GOLN (GOLN)GOLN IS A GENR-NONNFORMG TRANS PHOTOGRAPHER, POET, TOR, CURATOR AND MUNY ANIZER. THEY ARE THE THOR OF THE LAMBDA LERARY AWARD FALIST FOR TRANSGENR POETRY, A DEAD NAME THAT LEARNED HOW TO LIVE, AND THE AWARD-WNG PHOTOGRAPHIC SELF-PORTRAURE SERI ON LEARNG HOW TO LIVE, DOCUMENTG BLACK TRANS LIFE THE U.S.SEE, I’M LS SRED OF SPIRS THAN OF PEOPLE FLYGOUT THE WDOW OF THIS WORLD’S WOMB WEB& NEVER GETTG TO REACH FOR THEM, TO TELL THEM,SAVE YOUR LAST LOOK FOR A BETTER TRAGEDY.— “SUPER-HUMAN”TOMMY “TEEBS” PI (HE/HIM)TOMMY PI (TOMMY PI)TOMMY “TEEBS” PI IS A POET, PODSTER AND TV WRER. HE IS THE THOR OF THE BOOKS IRL, NATURE POEM, JUNK AND FEED. ORIGALLY OM THE VIEJAS INDIAN RERVATN OF THE KUMEYAAY NATN, HE NOW SPLS HIS TIME BETWEEN LOS ANGEL AND BROOKLYN. HE -CURAT THE READG SERI POETS WH ATTU, -HOSTS THE PODST FOOD 4 THOT AND SCREAM, QUEEN! PI WR ON THE TV SHOWS RERVATN DOGS AND RINT ALIEN, AND IS A NTRIBUTG EDOR AT LERARY HUB.I GUS THIS IS A DIRGETO THE FUTURE I THOUGHT WE ULD HAVENOT ALL PLANTS WERE MEANT TO GROW TOGETHER THE SAME MICROCLIMATE. SOME THGS GROW APART STEAD.— AN EXCERPT OM FEEDDENICE FROHMAN (SHE/HER)DENICE FROHMAN (DENICE FROHMAN)DENICE FROHMAN IS A POET AND PERFORMER OM NEW YORK CY. A PEW FELLOW AND BALDW-EMERSON FELLOW, SHE’S RECEIVED SUPPORT OM CANTOMUNDO, HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND THE NATNAL ASSOCIATN OF LATO ARTS & CULTUR AND MILLAY COLONY. HER WORK HAS APPEARED THE NEW YORK TIM, THE BREAKBEAT POETS: LATINEXT, NEPANTLA: AN ANTHOLOGY FOR QUEER POETS OF COLOR, ESPNW AND ELSEWHERE.THE NEIGHBORHOOD BOYSWHO SHOT CROOKED, NEVER LEARNED MY NAME, SO I PLAYED THEMTWENTY-ONE, TURNED THEIR ANKL TO JELLO,MA THEIR BACKS KISS THE FLOOR, UNTIL THEY DONNED MELADY JORDAN, AND WHO WOULDN’T TAKE THAT.— “LADY JORDAN”RACHEL MCKIBBENS (SHE/HER)RACHEL MCKIBBENS (RACHEL MCKIBBENS)RACHEL MCKIBBENS IS A XINA POET, ACTIVIST AND PLAYWRIGHT AND SAYIST. A LEGEND THE SPOKEN-WORD POETRY MUNY, SHE IS THE THOR OF THE CRILLY ACCLAIMED VOLUME OF POETRY, PK ELEPHANT. HER WORK HAS BEEN FEATURED THE LOS ANGEL REVIEW, THE BT AMERIN POETRY BLOG, THE NERVO BREAKDOWN, THE RUMP AND MORE. SHE RECENTLY WORKED ON WE WERE THREE, THE NEW YORK TIM’ PODST ABOUT HER SUDN FAY LOSS DURG COVID AND THE MYSTERI THAT UNFOLD THE AFTERMATH.LET THE MAN BEHD THE CHURCHDO WHAT HE DID IF BRGS ME TO YOU. LET THE GIRLS THE LOCKER ROOM RNER ME AGA IF BRGS ME TO YOU.LET THIS WILD PRSN THROW ME BENEATH S HOOVIF BRGS ME TO YOU.— “LAST LOVE”OCEAN VUONG (HE/HIM)OCEAN VUONG (OCEAN VUONG)OCEAN VUONG IS THE THOR OF THE NEW YORK TIM BTSELLG POETRY LLECTN TIME IS A MOTHER, AND THE NEW YORK TIM BTSELLG NOVEL ON EARTH WE’RE BRIEFLY GEO, WHICH HAS BEEN TRANSLATED TO 37 LANGUAG. A RECIPIENT OF A 2019 MACARTHUR “GENI” GRANT, HE IS ALSO THE THOR OF THE CRILLY ACCLAIMED POETRY LLECTN, NIGHT SKY WH EX WOUNDS, A NEW YORK TIM TOP 10 BOOK OF 2016, WNER OF THE T.S. ELT PRIZE, THE WHG AWARD, THE THOM GUNN AWARD, AND THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BT FIRST COLLECTN. A RUTH LILLY FELLOW OM THE POETRY FOUNDATN, VUONG HAS RECEIVED OTHER FELLOWSHIPS OM THE LANNAN FOUNDATN, THE CIVELLA RANIERI FOUNDATN, THE ELIZABETH GEE FOUNDATN, THE AMY OF AMERIN POETS, AND THE PHRT PRIZE.DON’T BE AAID, THE GUNFIREIS ONLY THE SOUND OF PEOPLETRYG TO LIVE A LTLE LONGER& FAILG. OCEAN. OCEAN —GET UP. THE MOST BETIFUL PART OF YOUR BODYIS WHERE ’S HEAD. & REMEMBER,LONELS IS STILL TIME SPENTWH THE WORLD.— “SOMEDAY I’LL LOVE OCEAN VUONG”BRONTEZ PURNELL (HE/HIM)BRONTEZ PURNELL (BRONTEZ PURNELL)BRONTEZ PURNELL IS THE THOR OF SCE I LAID MY BURN DOWN AS WELL AS 100 BOYIENDS, WHICH WON THE 2022 LAMBDA LERARY AWARD GAY FICTN AND WAS NAMED AN EDORS’ CHOICE BY THE NEW YORK TIM BOOK REVIEW. THE RECIPIENT OF A 2018 WHG WRERS’ AWARD FOR FICTN, HE WAS NAMED ONE OF THE THIRTY-TWO BLACK MALE WRERS OF OUR TIME BY T: THE NEW YORK TIM STYLE MAGAZE 2018. PURNELL IS ALSO THE ONTMAN FOR THE PUNK BAND THE YOUNGER LOVERS.I’M SO FUCKG OVER MEI N’T EVEN MAKE MYSELF HARD FOR ME ANYMOREANY TIME I TRY TO GET MY DICK HARD TO MASTURBATETHE VOICE MY HEAD IS LIKEEWTHIS GUY AGA?— “POEM FOR SLUTS”FATIMAH ASGHAR (THEY/SHE)
- TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
CHRYSANTHEMUM TRAN (SHE/HER)CHRYSANTHEMUM TRAN (CHRYSANTHEMUM TRAN)CHRYSANTHEMUM TRAN IS A VIETNAME AMERIN POET, WRER AND PERFORMANCE ARTIST. SHE WAS A 2019 RECIPIENT OF THE MACCOLL JOHNSON FELLOWSHIP OM THE RHO ISLAND FOUNDATN, AND A 2019 ARTIST RINCY AT WILLIAMS COLLEGE. HER WORK N BE SEEN THE NEW YORK TIM, THE NATN, THEM, BETTERG AMERIN POETRY, THE OFFG, AND MORE. OUTSI OF POETRY, TRAN WORKS AS A QUEER HEALTH REARCHER AND A MUNY HISTORIAN.YOU SEE, SCE MEN THREATENED BY TRANS WOMENWILL ALWAYS ENSURE OUR BODI EMPTY THEMSELV—OUR BLOGY OBV AND FLACCID ON THE ON THE BATHROOM FLOORAND DON’T THAT MAKE ME A WOMAN, BLOGILLY?BLOGIL WOMAN—THAT’S ME— “BLOGIL WOMAN (AFTER MAYA ANGELOU’S “PHENOMENAL WOMAN”)”GOLN (THEY/THEM)GOLN (GOLN)GOLN IS A GENR-NONNFORMG TRANS PHOTOGRAPHER, POET, TOR, CURATOR AND MUNY ANIZER. THEY ARE THE THOR OF THE LAMBDA LERARY AWARD FALIST FOR TRANSGENR POETRY, A DEAD NAME THAT LEARNED HOW TO LIVE, AND THE AWARD-WNG PHOTOGRAPHIC SELF-PORTRAURE SERI ON LEARNG HOW TO LIVE, DOCUMENTG BLACK TRANS LIFE THE U.S.SEE, I’M LS SRED OF SPIRS THAN OF PEOPLE FLYGOUT THE WDOW OF THIS WORLD’S WOMB WEB& NEVER GETTG TO REACH FOR THEM, TO TELL THEM,SAVE YOUR LAST LOOK FOR A BETTER TRAGEDY.— “SUPER-HUMAN”TOMMY “TEEBS” PI (HE/HIM)TOMMY PI (TOMMY PI)TOMMY “TEEBS” PI IS A POET, PODSTER AND TV WRER. HE IS THE THOR OF THE BOOKS IRL, NATURE POEM, JUNK AND FEED. ORIGALLY OM THE VIEJAS INDIAN RERVATN OF THE KUMEYAAY NATN, HE NOW SPLS HIS TIME BETWEEN LOS ANGEL AND BROOKLYN. HE -CURAT THE READG SERI POETS WH ATTU, -HOSTS THE PODST FOOD 4 THOT AND SCREAM, QUEEN! PI WR ON THE TV SHOWS RERVATN DOGS AND RINT ALIEN, AND IS A NTRIBUTG EDOR AT LERARY HUB.I GUS THIS IS A DIRGETO THE FUTURE I THOUGHT WE ULD HAVENOT ALL PLANTS WERE MEANT TO GROW TOGETHER THE SAME MICROCLIMATE. SOME THGS GROW APART STEAD.— AN EXCERPT OM FEEDDENICE FROHMAN (SHE/HER)DENICE FROHMAN (DENICE FROHMAN)DENICE FROHMAN IS A POET AND PERFORMER OM NEW YORK CY. A PEW FELLOW AND BALDW-EMERSON FELLOW, SHE’S RECEIVED SUPPORT OM CANTOMUNDO, HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND THE NATNAL ASSOCIATN OF LATO ARTS & CULTUR AND MILLAY COLONY. HER WORK HAS APPEARED THE NEW YORK TIM, THE BREAKBEAT POETS: LATINEXT, NEPANTLA: AN ANTHOLOGY FOR QUEER POETS OF COLOR, ESPNW AND ELSEWHERE.THE NEIGHBORHOOD BOYSWHO SHOT CROOKED, NEVER LEARNED MY NAME, SO I PLAYED THEMTWENTY-ONE, TURNED THEIR ANKL TO JELLO,MA THEIR BACKS KISS THE FLOOR, UNTIL THEY DONNED MELADY JORDAN, AND WHO WOULDN’T TAKE THAT.— “LADY JORDAN”RACHEL MCKIBBENS (SHE/HER)RACHEL MCKIBBENS (RACHEL MCKIBBENS)RACHEL MCKIBBENS IS A XINA POET, ACTIVIST AND PLAYWRIGHT AND SAYIST. A LEGEND THE SPOKEN-WORD POETRY MUNY, SHE IS THE THOR OF THE CRILLY ACCLAIMED VOLUME OF POETRY, PK ELEPHANT. HER WORK HAS BEEN FEATURED THE LOS ANGEL REVIEW, THE BT AMERIN POETRY BLOG, THE NERVO BREAKDOWN, THE RUMP AND MORE. SHE RECENTLY WORKED ON WE WERE THREE, THE NEW YORK TIM’ PODST ABOUT HER SUDN FAY LOSS DURG COVID AND THE MYSTERI THAT UNFOLD THE AFTERMATH.LET THE MAN BEHD THE CHURCHDO WHAT HE DID IF BRGS ME TO YOU. LET THE GIRLS THE LOCKER ROOM RNER ME AGA IF BRGS ME TO YOU.LET THIS WILD PRSN THROW ME BENEATH S HOOVIF BRGS ME TO YOU.— “LAST LOVE”OCEAN VUONG (HE/HIM)OCEAN VUONG (OCEAN VUONG)OCEAN VUONG IS THE THOR OF THE NEW YORK TIM BTSELLG POETRY LLECTN TIME IS A MOTHER, AND THE NEW YORK TIM BTSELLG NOVEL ON EARTH WE’RE BRIEFLY GEO, WHICH HAS BEEN TRANSLATED TO 37 LANGUAG. A RECIPIENT OF A 2019 MACARTHUR “GENI” GRANT, HE IS ALSO THE THOR OF THE CRILLY ACCLAIMED POETRY LLECTN, NIGHT SKY WH EX WOUNDS, A NEW YORK TIM TOP 10 BOOK OF 2016, WNER OF THE T.S. ELT PRIZE, THE WHG AWARD, THE THOM GUNN AWARD, AND THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BT FIRST COLLECTN. A RUTH LILLY FELLOW OM THE POETRY FOUNDATN, VUONG HAS RECEIVED OTHER FELLOWSHIPS OM THE LANNAN FOUNDATN, THE CIVELLA RANIERI FOUNDATN, THE ELIZABETH GEE FOUNDATN, THE AMY OF AMERIN POETS, AND THE PHRT PRIZE.DON’T BE AAID, THE GUNFIREIS ONLY THE SOUND OF PEOPLETRYG TO LIVE A LTLE LONGER& FAILG. OCEAN. OCEAN —GET UP. THE MOST BETIFUL PART OF YOUR BODYIS WHERE ’S HEAD. & REMEMBER,LONELS IS STILL TIME SPENTWH THE WORLD.— “SOMEDAY I’LL LOVE OCEAN VUONG”BRONTEZ PURNELL (HE/HIM)BRONTEZ PURNELL (BRONTEZ PURNELL)BRONTEZ PURNELL IS THE THOR OF SCE I LAID MY BURN DOWN AS WELL AS 100 BOYIENDS, WHICH WON THE 2022 LAMBDA LERARY AWARD GAY FICTN AND WAS NAMED AN EDORS’ CHOICE BY THE NEW YORK TIM BOOK REVIEW. THE RECIPIENT OF A 2018 WHG WRERS’ AWARD FOR FICTN, HE WAS NAMED ONE OF THE THIRTY-TWO BLACK MALE WRERS OF OUR TIME BY T: THE NEW YORK TIM STYLE MAGAZE 2018. PURNELL IS ALSO THE ONTMAN FOR THE PUNK BAND THE YOUNGER LOVERS.I’M SO FUCKG OVER MEI N’T EVEN MAKE MYSELF HARD FOR ME ANYMOREANY TIME I TRY TO GET MY DICK HARD TO MASTURBATETHE VOICE MY HEAD IS LIKEEWTHIS GUY AGA?— “POEM FOR SLUTS”FATIMAH ASGHAR (THEY/SHE)
Explore the rich tradn of gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, and queer poets and poetry by browsg a selectn of poems & d.
TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
Celebratg LGBTQIA+ Pri, June—and the rich tradn of gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, and queer poetry all year long—browse this selectn of poems by classic and ntemporary poets.
“Gay Marriage Poem” by Jenny JohnsonWe uld promise to elope…. — “Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong”Brontez Purnell (he/him)Brontez Purnell (Brontez Purnell)Brontez Purnell is the thor of Sce I Laid My Burn Down as well as 100 Boyiends, which won the 2022 Lambda Lerary Award Gay Fictn and was named an Edors’ Choice by the New York Tim Book Review. They won the Forward Prize for Bt Collectn, the Mnota Book Award Poetry, the Lambda Lerary Award for Gay Poetry, and have been a falist for the NAACP Image Award Poetry, the Natnal Book Cric Circle Award, and the Natnal Book Award.
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