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soupmetal666 · 7 months

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TRANSGENDER, NONBINARY, GENDERQUEER and TWO-SPIRIT POETS YOU SHOULD READ!

Here's a non-exhaustive list in alphabetical order by author last name. The majority listed here have published full-length poetry collections and/or chapbooks, but some have not, and have published poems in publications you can find online. Some also write in other genres, as well, and/or make art in other mediums. Consider reblogging it and adding to it if you so desire. My background is primarily in "academic" poetry, for better or worse, and I'm less knowledgeable about slam poetry/poets who don't publish in avenues approved by the academy or are not in academic circles. I've only listed poets here whose work I have read. So there are certainly people worth reading that I'm missing.

Andrea Abi-Karam

Samuel Ace

Jada Renée Allen

Justice Ameer

Ryka Aoki

Cameron Awkward-Rich

Noah Baldino

Ari Banias

Kay Ulanday Barrett

Oliver Baez Bendorf

Julian Talamantez Brolaski

Stephanie Burt

Kayleb Rae Candrilli

Jos Charles

Ching-In Chen

Travis Hedge Coke

CAConrad

jayy dodd

J Jennifer Espinoza

T. Fleischmann

Kay Gabriel

Aeon Ginsberg

torrin a. greathouse

Kamden Hilliard

Stephen Ira

Cyrée Jarelle Johnson

Rickey Laurentiis

Dawn Lundy Martin

Noor Ibn Najam

Trace Peterson

Raquel Salas Rivera

Trish Salah

Danez Smith

TC Tolbert

Chrysanthemum Tran

Joshua Whitehead

Kit Yan

In addition, two wonderfully edited trans poetry anthologies published by Nightboat Books that include many of these writers' work:

Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics, edited by TC Tolbert and Trace Peterson

We Want it All: A Radical Anthology of Trans Poetics, edited by Andrea Abi-Karam and Kay Gabriel

Also, some online literary journals regularly publishing trans and nonbinary poetry:

https://foglifterjournal.com/

https://www.peachmgzn.com/

https://beestungmag.com/

The current moment is a very exciting time for trans poetics. These are brilliant poets and thinkers publishing work that's worth your time. Poetry is not everyone's cup of tea, certainly, but I wish more people knew about how many awesome trans poets are out there right now making amazing and important art.

#poetry #trans writers #trans literature #trans poetry #transgender poets #nonbinary poets #genderqueer poets #two-spirit poets #trans poetics #resource #books #reading #transgender poetry

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dogydayz · 1 year

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oh hey by the way tumblr folks this is a spur of the moment thing but yall go check out Fatimah Asghar (their site is https://www.fatimahasghar.com/ ) they're super fucking cool and their poetry is absolutely amazing I promise yall this is a good rabbit hole to go down (and thank you to my AP Literature teacher for suggesting their works to me I DO love them oughh,,)

#cool person #poet #support black writers #black poets #fatimah asghar #genderqueer poets #just overall good poetry #please add more tags as you see fit so more see this

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desire-mona · 4 days

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siiiigh. todd autism headcanons because im projecting.

(using they/he/she pronouns for todd in this post. will explain but also if u dont agree i dont care, tw for alcoholism. time period is vague but autism hasnt existed as a legitimate medical diagnosis for all that long, so keep it in mind i guess.)

- cannot for the life of him stand welton's blankets. so itchy, just thin enough to not warm you up enough but still make you sweat, not long enough to cover your entire body. yes im making the blanket line in their poem about actual blankets, a boy needs to vent somewhere.

- beyond terrible temperature regulation, ALWAYS just a little too hot which is made worse by her sensory issues when it comes to wet fabric. constant slight agony and it never really goes away. theyre about 5 minutes away from crying about how uncomfortable they are at all times.

- had god awful handwriting until high school, like his teachers could BARELY read his handwriting it was Bad. OOOOOH OH MY GOD THERES A TRAIN GOING BY I CAN HEAR IT HONKING this is a really ironic thing to be pointing out rn but its sooooo worth mentioning. its still honking this is fun. 🚂. anyway. her parents made her spend an entire summer fixing her handwriting bc that was like the One thing her teachers criticised. its Fine now but their motor function simply doesn't deliver in the handwriting department.

- had a VERY INTENSE special interest in aquatic life + marine biology growing up, like read every book about any ocean animal in any library intense. his parents eventually forced him to abandon it because its "not a good career focus" but he still perks up when anyone mentions fish. once talked neils ear off about the biodiversity of coral reefs for roughly 2 hours, neil took her to an aquarium for their first date. rip todd anderson you wouldve loved spongebob squarepants.

- looooves pets, namely cats, but they have Too Sweaty hands all the time so any animal fur sticks onto their hands and just feels. so awful.

- had a brief period in his 20s where he was definitely an alcoholic, started as a social drinker but got too addicted to the feeling of not having to adhere to social conventions quite as hard, especially around other drunk ppl. eventually went sober after they realised they just Cant Stand the feeling of a hangover anymore. autistic ppl r more likely to develop a dependency on alcohol if we do start drinking. just btw.

- gets a Pretty Expansive vocabulary after actually starting to pursue literature. sometimes his family lightly teases him about using big words but it confuses the hell out of him. its just a word she thought would apply best!!

- soooooo obsessed with what other ppls idea of them is, both in an anxious way and out of genuine curiosity. would never ask ppl what they think of her bc she thinks thats 1) very broad 2) seems compliment fish-y and 3) just gonna lead to "i think ur great/ nice/ whatever filler compliment." but the dream is to sit someone (neil) down and just ask him every single question possible about how he perceives him.

- asks a billion clarifying questions about anything someone asks him to do, gets anxious about how many questions he's asking, tries to just figure it out, freaks out about the possibility of getting it wrong, ends up doing the thing perfectly. weekly occurrence.

- never fully grasped the appeal of religion (most definitely grew up catholic or christian or Something) just bc she could NOT let the lack of proof go. ALSO not an atheist bc the vastness of space scares them out of it. religious beliefs r a weird topic for them.

- suppresses a good chunk of his stims in public bc One total time someone looked at him weird while he was chewing on a sweatshirt string and he was like i gotta stop NOW. eventually develops tics and has to mask THOSE in public too. dear god someone let this girl unmask. also i started ticcing while writing that bc my body does this great thing where i only tic when im reminded of the concept of ticcing. its great and totally doesnt make me think im faking them (faking for who? dunno bc it usually happens when im alone)

- DOES in fact stim around neil bc NEIL STIMS TOO!!!!!!!! joyous day when they found THAT out! gets vocal stims of random lines from whatever play neil is practicing for. YEAA ART THOU THEEEEREE was a vocal stim for a solid week and a half which made neil VERY excited (autistic neil. how i love u autistic anderperry)

- velcro is The most evil vile disgusting material to ever grace this mortal realm. he hates it more than anything ever and i mean that fully. the feeling of BOTH sides, the noise, how easily it comes apart, she hates it all.

this is the gender part

never really viewed gender and gender roles as anything to adhere to beyond the fear of punishment if they dont. finds any social convention relating to gender to be Really dumb and meaningless, bc gender isn't (scientifically) real in any capacity, so why treat it like that? for the longest time just shrugged and said "eh, i guess im a boy" bc thats what she was used to being told, and didn't feel particularly drawn to agree OR disagree. eventually realised on a late night that Wait. i dont Actually care what i am. like yeah im a Male i guess but also im just me. my brain doesnt have a gender and i basically am my brain, right? and then never really thought about it again because that's genuinely how little he cares. adhering the most to canon with that mindset, she never really tells anyone (for obvious reasons on top of the overall apathy) and just lets the he/him happen to her but. in my dream world? agender they/he/she todd anderson. and this is MY blog so those are the pronouns im using from now on. i will forever love talking abt how autistic ppl very often view gender differently than allistic ppl, will forever love talking abt how autistic ppl are more likely to be trans. autism!!!

also yes that entire paragraph is just my view of gender, change the pronouns and the todd mentions and its just me. what of it.

#desire mona #YAYYYYYYYY TODD AUTISM POST #do yall want a seperate autistic anderperry hc post cuz i can do that #genderqueer todd i love you so much #dead poets society #todd anderson #anderperry #the todd spectrum #actually autistic #banger

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definitelynot3opossums · 6 months

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Joy to the Queers

There's laughing in the streets,

Sounds of good joy

Flags flow in the wind,

Music blasting in the open air

And to think,

That what got us here

Was Black trans women

And drag queens

After decades of hate,

We finally thrive

After decades of fear

We finally strive

Queer history is here,

And we will not hide

We will not sit and watch

The tides go by

Queer joy is important,

Maybe more than pride

Joy that we are here,

Joy that others are near

Joy that we can live

Not just survive

Joy that all of us

Can finally thrive

Joy to the Queers,

Ignoring the jeers

Joy to the Queers,

Well into their years

Sipping on beer

Joy to the Queers,

Who died

But were not forgotten

Joy to us all,

For making it this far

As we march in the streets,

People will hear us sing

No one can ignore,

The joy of a thousand Queers

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atomicraft · 26 days

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[cw mentions of transphobia + violence]

wrote a poem for tdov 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

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yourdailyqueer · 9 months

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Aurielle Marie

Gender: Genderqueer (she/they)

Sexuality: Queer

DOB: Born 1994

Ethnicity: African American

Occupation: Poet, activist

#Aurielle Marie #queerness #black excellence #lgbt #lgbtq #genderqueer #non binary #queer #black #african american #poc #poet #activist

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thegreatgatsbutt · 5 months

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If you didn’t get to be the punk lesbian you wanted to be in high school, doing it in your mid 20s is also fine.

#lesbian poet #lesbian #gay #queer #punk #queer punk #lgbt #pride #queer pride #lesbian pride #genderqueer #actually did #did system #did #poet #actually autistic #autistic adult #autistic

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deanmekel · 3 months

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For feeling me

I chase black eyes and bleeding cuts

It is in defiance of classic femininity

But not in acceptance of modern masculinity

It is for the same reason I got lost in stories that weren’t mine

As a child I always played alone

I wish my scraped-up knees hadn’t healed

So, I could still feel the innocence of childhood aches

I named myself a child of the moon and the stars, created a life in a different world

For I did not feel I could belong here

I will always miss the easy sunrise

That is now tucked away in the deepest corner of my brain

Now I mostly watch the steady falling of rain

My name did not yet change

But I did

Still, I am trying to recreate an image of the past that was more easy-going on my eyes

In my mind I am still that same child

But I am not

I am still chasing black eyes and bleeding cuts

Of different meaning, maybe, than before

But still for the same reason

That being, in honour of feeling myself

#poem #poems #poetry #writing #my writing #neurodivergent poets #poets on tumblr #poems on tumblr #gender #transgender #genderqueer #nonbinary #queer #queer writers #gender expression

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ghostfoxy · 5 months

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I dont know who i am

i used to know

my name, my face, my body and my voice

but they are all foreign to me now

i dont recognise my reflection

i dont see myself in videos

i dont feel myself ever

how can someone just forget who they are? lose their identity like a folded slip of paper?

- the thing about being genderqueer in a place that doesnt accept it: you shove it down and become 'normal'... you lose yourself

E.E

#poems and poetry #poets on tumblr #young poets #gender #queer #queer community #gender identity #genderqueer #genderfluid #transgender #nonbinary #enby

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petrichor-moss-and-lightning · 2 years

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fingerless gloves & eyeliner combo is so gender

#nonbinary #trans #queer #enby #demigirl #genderfluid #genderqueer #also poet sleeves!!#the most gender!!#very gender #gender fuckery #gender euphoria #the most gender euphoria i've experienced is when i was wearing an old leather jacket #-- layered over top a sweater w/ cargo pants & docs & messy hair & full glam makeup (heavy on the eyeliner & dark lipstick)

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acklum · 7 months

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Concepts blur into negatives:

Not one,

nor the other,

not quite normal,

no reflection seen,

expression denied.

Try to explain,

excuses will suffice.

Reshape reality,

fit norms,

become ordinary.

Decided against.

-acklum

#nonbinary #poem #writerscreed #queer poet #poetry #poeticstories #original poem #poetsandwriters #genderqueer #poets of tumblr #none #enby

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villemel · 1 month

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#spilled thoughts #writing #poetry #life #poem #spilled ink #poets on tumblr #poemblr #original poem #paris #genderqueer

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cxrrently · 4 months

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#poetry #new poets society #new poets on tumblr #new poetry #spilled ink #spilled words #john green #looking for alaska #lfa #prose poetry #prose poem #words and things #genderfluid #genderqueer #the moon #smoke #love stories

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lena-oleanderson · 3 months

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Queer Kid from Side Wounds

to queer kids in the places people think queer kids don't exist.

queer kids in the deep south, like my friend mack, who helped me write this poem, used to be. queer kids in entire countries, hell, entire continents, where people seem to think they don't exist

like the country where i grew up, thinking i was the first of my kind.

and like the country some people are excusing a genocide of, with the flimsy excuse of homophobia/transphobia. as if that isn't everywhere. as if queer people aren't, either.

none of us are free until all of us are.

#poetry #poem #lena's poetry archives #poets on tumblr #on queerness #queer #lesbian #genderqueer #trans #genderfluid #non-binary #lesbian poetry #gay poetry #queer poetry #trans poetry #words

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milomagic · 5 months

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