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To write is to constantly question the I; to question the I is to question the internal world and also the external world. These pieces are a part of this questioning, this unfolding, unfurling of the mind, soul, self, and society.
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How to They/them
A chapbook of original poetry and collages discussing the themes of finding oneself along the journey from dysphoria to euphoria, embodying queer and trans joy, and growing up in white surburbia that often scapegoats queer and trans people.
Life in the Body
A chapbook written before I transitioned that describes my experience in a patriarchal world as a trauma survivor.
Rebirth
My first chapbook written before I transitioned that focused on my experience as a person struggling with mental health issues, particularly with body image and food, and the transformation that can be brought about amongst these hardships.
"How To Be Saved"
This poem was published in Babyteeth and reclaims the religious rhetoric that is often used against us queer and trans folk and showcases how being queer and trans can "save" you.
Dear Mom
A poem published in Many Nice Donkeys that discusses the complicated relationship non-binary people, particularly transmasculine people, have with their mothers who wished they would have been girls.
Moon Landing
Queers in space need to find love too.
A collage poem featured in SOS Art Cincinnati's Pride celebration in 2022 and in the chapbook, "How to They/them"
A collage poem featured in SOS Art Cincinnati's Pride celebration in 2022 and in the chapbook, "How to They/them"
My (Our) Strap
This poem was published in Babyteeth and discusses the ever-pressing phenomenon of becoming too attached to your first queer and trans relationship by using a metaphor of something very personal, intimate and often shared: strap-ons.
On my First Gay Kiss
A mixed media poem featured in "How to They/them"
Smokin' Queers Trans Day of Remembrance
Featured poet of Smokin' Queers' event at the Rainbow Gallery on Trans Day of Remembrance in 2021
Grim
The first two chapters of Grim won the R.M. Miller Fiction Award in 2017 & 2019
"A Letter to My Younger Self Who Still Believed in Psychiatric Hegemony and the Capitalist Machine"
An article published in Streetvibes in 2023 that discusses my history as a psychiatric abuse survivor.
Towards a Definition of Nobody
Piecing together an identity through favorite found fragments.
A collage featured in SOS Art Cincinnati's Pride Celebration in 2022.
A collage featured in SOS Art Cincinnati's Pride Celebration in 2022.
Fitting In, Getting Out
The gender binary always kept me stuck; this collage helped me get out.
A collage made on Procreate featured in SOS Art Cincinnati's Pride Celebration in 2022.
A collage made on Procreate featured in SOS Art Cincinnati's Pride Celebration in 2022.
My Many Masks
A collage made during NKU's "Coming Out" series in 2023 about my experience exploring my complicated and layered relationship with gender as a genderqueer person in a binary world.
"The Bed," "Galaxy Breath," "Fig Tree Dreams," were poems featured in this issue along with a piece of original canvas artwork
"Gluttony's Soliloquy," "History Tends to Repeat Itself, You Know?" "Dilation Constraint," and "Bloodline Simplicity" were all poems featured in this issue along with a short fiction piece, "The Abandoned."
"Smoke Up in the Air" and "Why We Fear I Do Not Know" are both poems published in this issue of Lions-On-Line.
A Letter to Governor Mike DeWine
A letter to the governor published in Streetvibes addressing what he can do to stand in solidarity with black lives and end police brutality.
A Letter to Governor Mike DeWine
A letter to the governor published in Streetvibes addressing what he can do to stand in solidarity with black lives and end police brutality.
Actor, Ally, or Accomplice?
An article published in Streetvibes discussing the differences between white people being an actor, ally, or accomplice for the BIPOC community.
The Case Against Black People is the Case Protecting White People
An article published in Streetvibes discussing how the rhetoric against black people is what protects white comfort and perpetuates violence against the black community while protecting and enabling white supremacist terrorists.
Citizens Turn Chaos into Community
An article published in Streetvibes that documents activists speaking out against City Council's actions to increase the police budget, which ended in multiple people getting arrested and harassed by police officers protecting the meeting
Strike Three—Get David Mann Out of Politics
An article published in Streetvibes discussing David Mann's convoluted history in politics and local activists protesting outside of his house demanding he defund the police
Black Trans Lives Matter
An article published in Streetvibes honoring Riah Milton, a black trans woman who was murdered in 2020 and shedding light on how the black trans community needs to be front and center when fighting for trans rights.
Alice Bag: The Queen of Punk and Paving Waves
An article published in Streetvibes highlighting Alice Bag's mark on the punk rock genre as a woman of color in an industry that is too often white-washed despite people of color's origins in the punk scene
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