The 2025 Massachusetts Poetry Festival

Attacks at all levels of government and society continue to occur against LGBTQIA+ people, especially trans and gender nonconforming people with focus on people of color. We must stand up and speak out for ourselves, tell our stories, educate ourselves and others about intersectionality, and claim the full spectrum of our humanity. This presentation will be a safe space for people all along the gender spectrum.
This is a poetry reading and discussion from several well-published trans, queer, and nonbinary poets. Themes in their work include gender identity and transition, the joy of gender euphoria, the heartbreak of love and loss, memorializing the losses our community has faced, and building bridges between past and present. In this time of transphobia and fear, it is important to speak up in spaces like poetry festivals, where LGBTQ+ people and allies can connect and support one another.