I’D RATHER BE BEAUTFUL THAN MALE
22 x 30 inches, gouache and glitter on arches paper
Mark is in the studio
a thrift store couch
a sewing machine
& white walls
putting on lipstick
fringe mesh tank
black heels
shaping rope
to fit the frame
of a friend
call out queen
had us all
tied up
left us
to undo
the knots
ourselves.
NOW AVAILABLE:
Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics
Edited by TC Tolbert and Tim Trace Peterson
The first of its kind, Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics, gathers together a diverse range of 55 poets with varying aesthetics and backgrounds. In addition to generous samples of poetry by each trans writer, the book also includes “poetics statements”—reflections by each poet that provide context for their work covering a range of issues from identification and embodiment to language and activism.
Poets Include:
Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán, Aimee Herman, Amir Rabiyah, Ari Banias, Ariel Goldberg, Bo Luengsuraswat, CAConrad, Ching-In Chen, Cole Krawitz, D’Lo, David Wolach, Dawn Lundy Martin, Drew Krewer, Duriel E. Harris, EC Crandall, Eileen Myles, Eli Clare, Ely Shipley, Emerson Whitney, Eric Karin, Fabian Romero, Gr Keer, HR Hegnauer, J. Rice, j/j hastain, Jaime Shearn Coan, Jake Pam Dick, Jen (Jay) Besemer, Jenny Johnson, John Wieners, Joy Ladin, Julian Talamantez Brolaski, kari edwards, Kit Yan, Laura Neuman, Lilith Latini, Lizz Bronson, Lori Selke, Max Wolf Valerio, Meg Day, Micha Cárdenas, Monica / Nico Peck, Natro, Oliver Bendorf, Reba Overkill, Samuel Ace, Stacey Waite, Stephen Burt, TC Tolbert, Tim Trace Peterson, Trish Salah, TT Jax, Y. Madrone, Yosmay del Mazo & Zoe Tuck
Nightboat Books, 2013
Poetry, LGBT Studies | $27.95
paperback, 544 pages, 7 x 10 in
Publication Date: 2013
ISBN: 978-1-937658-10-6
Order via University Press of New England (Nightboat’s distributor) or Small Press Distribution
i missed this last summer and am so relieved it’s being remounted. i’ve heard nothing but good things and can’t wait to see it june 1st!THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT & IMMEDIATE PIECE OF THEATRE PRODUCED BY YOUTH IN CHICAGO I HAVE EVER SEEN. The intentionally critical ways in which intersections of identity are discussed in relationship to current national and local issues is vital for all members of the queer community to recognize and celebrate. DO NOT MISS the opportunity to see these historically powerful new voices.
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Back by popular demand!! About Face Youth Theatre is remounting the play that empowered voices, got people laughing, and incited meaningful community dialogue!!
WHAT’S THE T? is back for 8 performances only!
Internet personality/trans activist/ fierce community leader Ms. Ma uses her YouTube page to create community, live glamour, and spread the good word about queer safe spaces in Chicago. WHAT’S THE T tells the story of Ms. Ma’s tangled web of connections, her struggle to stay positive, and what happens to her community when she disappears.
Inspired by issues of race, gender, age and class in Boystown, WHAT’S THE T is based on true stories and interviews from LGBTQA youth and adults in and around Chicago.
WHEN:
May 19th – June 2nd (Fridays - Sundays)
WHERE:
Victory Gardens
Prince Charitable Trusts Rehearsal Room
COST:
$5 Youth Tickets
$15 Regular Admission
$25 AFYT Supporter Tickets
Tickets are available at the door or purchase them online by clicking here:https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/922652
watch me perform several poems from SIRvival in the Second City, along with new work @ making out with wes perry and friends.
featuring:
-lexica @ salonathon
-nuts & bolts @ township
-i am not talking about gay marriage
-are you a lesbian?
-making out with wes perry & friends
april 17, 2013
reading “queering the hip hop tradition.” i am reblogging this now because the same issues have come up again. i’m sure they will continue to come up again, again, and again.LEX·IC·A’s Queer Cypher - H. Melt - March 2013
H. Melt author of SIRvival in the Second City: Transqueer Chicago Poems
hmelt.tumblr.comBook available for sale: haymarketbooks.org/pb/SIRvival-in-the-Second-City
LEX·IC·A’s Queer Cypher cultivated by JRV MAJESTY Productions with co-curators H. Melt & Emanuel Vinson is a celebration of the ways in which we communicate with one another and the knowledge we share in this process. It seeks to explore the myriad of complex and beautiful ways we share, play, love, suffer and honor one another through performance work and strive to cultivate community. Though both Chicago and hip-hop are known for their sometimes frustratingly deep wells of potential and contradiction, it is the essence of resilient community that draws forth strength, joy, and lasting, dynamic change.
The Queer Cypher is that, a response -and- a call from and for those who have been marginalized, forgotten, left out of the club. Come to ours, it’s banging, fabulous, and everything in-between. “Queer” means thriving around boundaries, “cypher,” means we’re in it together, join us for a night of honesty, free styles, and shared beats. We’re all here. LEX·IC·A is an inclusive event for anyone interested in procuring dialogue and discourse through performance. Take risks, challenge norms, resist and thrive!
i’ll be there!-Benefit for Trans Oral History Project
-Hosted by NIC K
-Resident DJs Panakin Skywalker, Josie Bush and Butch Sassidy the Come Dance Kid
-New Wave jamz
-Photos by Kiam Marcelo Junio
-$5 suggested donation
-18+
This month, Subject to Change brings you not one, but TWO parties! The second, at a NEW VENUE, Township will be New Wave themed and benefit the Trans Oral History Project, hosted by Nic K.
Your DJs Panakin Skywalker, Josie Bush and Butch Sassidy the Come Dance Kid will be spinning New Wave jamz all night long. There will also be a special new wave styling station!
Don’t miss Part I, New Age at The Burlington on April 24th. RSVP here-
https://www.facebook.com/events/144643572380180/
The Transgender Oral History Project is a collaboration-based resource. Our mission is to promote a diversity of stories from within the transgender and gender variant communities by supporting members of our community who wish to share their stories. We accomplish this through by promoting grassroots media projects, documenting people’s experiences, and teaching media production skills.
Subject to Change aims to create a space of “no shame” when it comes to the music they enjoy and the people they love and care about — family (both blood and chosen) and our community via the events and publications they produce. They hope to generate positive energy within the community and channel that energy to support the many organizations working to make this city a better place for queer folks. We celebrate all gender identities and expressions.Poster by Janie Stamm
“When I read a poem from H. Melt, I often feel terror. Sometimes it’s looking into a mirror to a runny nose and eyes wet and red from throwing up; it’s a body trying to take care of itself. It’s -survival- and beautiful at its core in what it wants for all of us.” - +
check out some of my new writing including: fear of a gay planet, are you a lesbian? and making out with wes perry and friends featured on +’s homies blog.
