the citizen trans* {project} by new words {press} seeks to publish & archive the voices & experiences of trans* writers in this anti-trans, post-election country. we’re sad. we’re angry. we’re disillusioned, tired & betrayed. as writers, it’s our job to write regardless. to shed light. to truth tell. to burn. the theme is simple: post-election writing. send us your tears, your rage, your hope, your hopelessness. send us your words. there is no voting process. if it’s on theme, we publish it online. Nothing is off limits except hate speech (decided on a case by case basis).
some days, by Myles Taylor
Myles Taylor some days, my gender feels like the secret code to the hottest club in town like I’m at the house show slash gay…
Fuck You, We’re Cute by Max Stone
Max Stone Fuck You, We’re Cute Watching the shadows shift all day, skinnying & loping across the parking lot until they switch & shorten squat…
i just put out my yard sign by Kyrsten Nerys Hodge
Kyrsten Nerys Hodge i just put out my yard sign and it reads: in this house, we believe… trans women are women. all cops are…
For When You Find Me by Rose Jenny
Rose Jenny For When You Find Me When they kill me in the coming years, please bury my head in the backyard of that house…
Asteroid by Jayde Fontana
Jayde Fontana Asteroid I turn on the news to start my day An asteroid they say is coming our way To turn our homes into…
untitled work by Austin William Mainprize
Austin William Mainprize untitled I always thought that bonfire night was to celebrate how a Guy tried to burn down parliament. I learnt later…
So much for leather gloves and flint by Leo Rose Rodriguez
Leo Rose Rodriguez So much for leather gloves and flint There was a man whose job it was to log the cost of burning a…
Trumpatized by Barbara Marie Minney
Barbara Marie Minney Trumpatized ~based on a dream Trump was shanghaied by a cartoon fiend who resembled Charlie Chan in the…
you cannot take my stripes by Morgan Fauver
Morgan Fauver you cannot take my stripes
The Magic in Life: A Trans Prophecy by Margin Zheng
Margin Zheng The Magic in Life: A Trans Prophecy While canvassing for Democratic candidates, I spoke with a MAGA Republican who told me that his…
Ballad of the Billy Goat by Adam Freeman
Adam Freeman Ballad of the Billy Goat The Farmer built a picket fence to surround the fields within He build it many years ago to…
untitled work by Felix Flax
Felix Flax untitled Denial is a statement, it’s not happening again, it won’t happen again. I refuse to let it happen again, I state, as if…