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"Just a Few Weeks to Go" is part of the poem series Feliciatations by Felicia Nimue Ackerman.

"The LGBTQs Sing" is part of the poem series Felicitations by Felicia Nimue Ackerman.

Angels I know Each page of each chapter Dog-eared, to mark In all of my phases From light to dark I’ve met such angels Ones that saved me...

Double Wedding Nell and Cecily, loving each other, Said to Ferdinand, Nell's older brother, "Please be there when we're tying the knot."...

Bernice Berates a Bigot You say that I'm a man. You seem to think you can Determine who I am. Here's my reaction: Scram! Bernice Berates...

Parents for Today Of course our new baby's a bundle of joy, But don't be so quick to say Robin's a boy. We're waiting to see, because...

Happy New Year! If you're Gay or Trans or Bi, You should not be dim or shy, Live your life and have no fear -- Forge ahead throughout the...

A Man and a Woman "Today I am a man," Alexander proclaimed at thirteen, "And here's my sister Anne. I affirm she's no longer Eugene." A...

Masks Belong on Faces Masks belong on faces, Not on joyful lives. Men, parade your husbands! Women, flaunt your wives! Masks Belong on...

Leo's Song Six months ago to the day, I asked Eugene, "Are you gay?" He said, "I'm really in doubt. Why don't you help me find out?" That...

Grow The first minute of a new day brought the sounds of rain falling softly outside my window It was a comforting sound, steady and...

Mindset I’m in that evolving artist mode That touch and go That ebbs and flows From within my hold That grasp that knows Where to show My...

On "Don't Say Gay" Laws The narrow fellows in the House Of sundry Southern states Have mandated that public schools Reflect some nasty...

Lights When Oasis was born she found light Beauty in the most inconspicuous materials String lights, television, mirror reflections So I...

Fulfillment My parents had hoped for a girl and a boy, And their hope stayed fulfilled, they could see, When I stopped being Nora and...

Ode To Options Your pronouns simply used to be The sort of thing you couldn’t change, And if you struggled to get free, You got dismissed...

Memo to Anti-Trans Legislators You want to choose my gender. You think I must surrender. It's time for you to see You're not the boss of...

Stability Half of all marriages end in divorce; Transition stability's better. So when a kid sets her sights on that course, The sensible...

Continuity I gave away my dresses and bought extra pairs of jeans. I'm planning my transition as I'm entering my teens. My name will be...

Normal? When he said, "You seem normal despite being gay," I replied, just as quick as a shot, "I am certainly bound to be filled with...