Language is one of the ways we come home to ourselves and to each other; the ability to name anything helps consecrate it and make it real. We spend our lives searching for words that fit, reshaping the ones we’ve inherited, and making room for the ones that don’t exist yet.

Among Black trans folks, we know from our own lives that there are no better architects of language that identify us than us, and that language gives us a way to know ourselves more deeply and to be known by our friends, family, lovers, and community.

That is the work our poems often return to again and again. Join us for our first Black Trans Masc Poetry Showcase in an intimate, intentional space to celebrate belonging, solidarity, and giving language to our truths, together.

Featured readers: KB Brookins, Ezra Fox, Tamir Nubia, Noelle Shaw, and River.