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MEET THE MAKERS

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Missgender by Eve Xin @suitcaseofpoetry

Eve Xin (they/them) is a queer migrant poet who has made homes in London and Singapore. They write and perform poems on home, identity, queerness & decolonisation. Eve’s work is featured in various queer & global majority spaces: The Seventh Wave, Breadfruit, Thawra, the other side of hope, Underbelly, Writing our Legacy, Synergi Project and t’ART. 

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Textured Clay by Adam Williams @Adam___williams

Adam is a Queer, Neurodiverse and disabled facilitator, theatre maker and writer. Their writing is focused around their own lived experiences and being able to share how they view the world in hopes it helps others feel seen. They have used their writing as a way to process and share their own grief, trauma and joy. They enjoy infusing a little bit of whimsy into everything they do.

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gender treble: a sestina mass by Camellia “George” Choudhuri  @wanderingscholarlad

Camellia "George" Choudhuri (he/they) is a transmasc butch poet and PhD student from Kolkata (India). His work has previously appeared in Queerlings UK, Full House Literary and The Ekphrastic Review to name a few. George can often be found singing in choirs and staring at snails going about their business.

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Dance by Nasta Martyn @martynpasta

Nasta Martyn is an artist, graphic artist, illustrator, poet, and writer. She graduated from the Academy of Slavic Cultures and has a bachelor's degree in design. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in art history. In 2005, she created a series of graphics dedicated to the Chernobyl disaster, and in the same year, she wrote the series "The Red Book." In 2022, she participated in international exhibitions in China, Taiwan, and the United States. In 2024, she received the Jury's Special Prize for her poster in China.

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Hello Armpit & how’re you? by Aish Humphreys @aish_humphreys

Aish is a poet, host and collage maker living in Bristol. He is currently making work about trans, disabled & mad bodies through words & visuals.

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Elver by Sylv Warren

Sylv Warren is a writer and scientific editor. They would like a cat.

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untitled (she holds) by Beth Rose @simplythebethpoetry

Beth Rose (she/they) is a poet with far too much time on her hands and tendency to o dramatise the mundane and muddy the divine. She's always reading too many books too slowly. 

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Bertha (for my hometown) by Sugar GSP  @sugar__speaks

Sugar GSP is a poet and multi-disciplinary artist hailing from rainy Scotland, with a focus on tattoo art. She mostly writes about trans-ness, love and what it means to choose womanhood.

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Frozen Forest & Vertical Memory by Reena Choudhary @reenarav13

My artworks have been published in several print and online publications, including Magazine-The Perch Magazine (mental health and substance), The Climate Art Collection, Aunt Lute, Judy Magazine, Farm Girl Magazine and Art Axis Project Organizing Committee won Silver Medal in India Art Contest (Khula Aasmaan) and January House Literary Journal. 

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touch me by mithago @mithago.craze

mithago is a mad cripple transsexual writer/performer/facilitator. her work explores identity, location, body, and the interplay between them. how we shape and are shaped by the realities we inhabit and those around us. the ways in which they intersect. the friction at those intersections. the impact that has on both our bodies and our memories. she was the 2023 farrago uk slam poetry champion and has represented england at both the european and world slam championships.

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H O L Y (inspired by a taylor swift lyric) by kodi shields @kodi.shields

i am a deaf, queer and non binary writer/actor!! i love writing about queer joy and my beautiful girlfriend <3 

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Skulls and Sparks by Rowan Schueler @enbemusing

Rowan reads more than they write and likes to pick their teeth with consonants.

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San Antonio, 2021 by Natalia B. Álvarez @starbits140

Natalia B. Álvarez (she/her) is a writer from Maryland in her mid-20s. She enjoys political education, cooking, resting in the sunlight, and spending time with her partner. She identifies as Puerto Rican, Chicana, Choctaw, bisexual, and a transgender woman.

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Blue-Green by Lara Johnston @laralysis

Lara is a transfem artist, songwriter, and comedian from South-West London. They are nominally known for strange characters and subverting expectations.

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Goop-Girl by Elle J. Snyder @ourladyofpoetics

Elle J. Snyder is a transgender woman, poet, and part-time Pixie from Staten Island. Throw some soppressata at her, she's probably hungry.

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Composting My Life by Toya L. Walker  @organicalygrownwithme

Toya L. Walker is an urban farmer, educator, and founder of OrganicallyGrownQueen.com, a regenerative lifestyle brand rooted in food, land, and feminine power. Her work blends soil science, ancestral wisdom, and emotional healing, exploring how tending the earth mirrors the process of self reclamation. 

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Morbid by John Grey

John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in Midnight Mind, Trampoline and Flights. Latest books, “Bittersweet”, “Subject Matters” and “Between Two Fires” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in Levitate, White Wall Review and Willow Review.

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On Becoming a Domestic Terrorist by Jamez Terry @rev.jamez

Jamez Terry is a queer and trans poet, novelist, zinester, parent, chaplain, and rabblerouser.  His poetry has mostly been published in DIY zines and spit from stages across North America.  His debut novel is forthcoming from Generous Press.  He lives in Alaska with his partner, two kids, and many fishes.

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Clementine by Alicia Vane @aliciavbooks

Alicia Vane (she/they) is a queer and sentimental writer based in Yorkshire, UK. Her recent work can be found in Fruitslice, Folly Journal and Snowflake Magazine. You can find her discussing books on Instagram @aliciavbooks and aliciavane.com