Tag: nonbinary

It’s Exactly As I Am’s first birthday!

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This month is Exactly As I Am’s first birthday! 🎉

Thank you to everyone who bought, borrowed and read this book over the past year. And thank you to all the excellent folk who interviewed me about it and asked me to read poems from it. 

I hope Exactly As I Am continues to reach wonderful readers, especially those who need it most. 

This past year has been a particularly dark, transphobic time for my community. I hope to combat that as much as I can, by continuing to write and publish books that uplift, embrace and nurture my trans, non-binary and gender diverse siblings 💖🏳️‍⚧️

(Awesome image tiles thanks to my publisher UQP.)

Black and white shard images surrounding the front cover of Exactly As I Am.
Black and white shard images surround text that reads, ‘: paint me over / tell me : am I trope / or trouble to you? is my portraiture distraction or abstraction?’
Black and white shard images surround text that reads, ‘Rainbow confetti pixels. Today's trans trend is believing you are non-binary enough, no matter what the monsters say.’
Black and white shard images surround text that reads, ‘Somewhat safe / My heart shucked and floundering on the footpath. A car creeps down the unlit side street with headlights howling.’
Photo of the Meanjin (Brisbane) city skyline with the text Trans Community Virtual Awards: Voting

Nomination for Non-Binary Activist/Advocate of the Year

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I’m so grateful to be nominated for Non-Binary Activist/Advocate of the Year in the 2020 Trans Community Awards! I super appreciate folks acknowledging all the work I do, including editing enbylife.net, a journal for non-binary and gender diverse creatives; and facilitating an online workshop series called Let’s Talk Stories for Hunter Gender Alliance, which gave young transgender and gender diverse people the tools and skills to express themselves through writing.

For my full bio and to vote for me and/or other amazing trans and gender diverse folks, go to the Many Genders One Voice voting page.

Story Bundle for Pride

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So proud to have a short story in the Gender Diverse Pronouns issue of Capricious in this Story Bundle, which supports Rainbow Railroad for #PrideMonth 🌈🏳️‍🌈

https://storybundle.com/pride

An aside: the short story in Capricious, ‘Glitter and Leaf Litter’, is the piece I’m developing into a full length YA verse novel, thanks to my Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowship. I love these wonderful non-binary characters so so much 🌈‬

mous. magazine issue 2!

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mous. magazine issue 2 is launching next week on Friday 23 Sept from 6.30pm in Brisbane. For more info, click here.

Also also also: I have a piece in this awesome issue! It’s called ‘Artistic expression beyond the binary’ – and it’s about non-binary creatives and artists.

Come to the launch to pick up your copy, have a drink and say hi to me!  🙂

mous-launch