"you circumference me and mark my against the door, black lozenge of never as high as I’d hoped: not lifeguard, lofty as a heron..." —Dylan McNulty-Holmes

"I cannibalized pleasure. Mylar desire painted my Dark roots red and waited. I persisted In the angle between her lashes’ shadows And the fading bruise underneath." —Dylan McNulty-Holmes beestungmag.com/issue25/one-...

“My once and future body, sandwiching himself between me And my ex-lovers, failing to announce how any of us Might like to be touched.” From “My Once and Future Body,” a poem by Dylan Mcnulty-Holmes. theoffingmag.com/poetry/my-on...

"What is more human than being baffled and enraged By your own kind?" Absolutely delighted to read this today. An incredibly raw and sincere recounting of a life fought just to be lived. A blistering look at dysphoria and stigma, and the politics of just wanting to exist by @hotpoet.bsky.social

"HORMONAL TRANSITION: Troubleshooting" by Dylan McNulty-Holmes appears in Issue 10.2. @hotpoet.bsky.social

Karada House is trans. There’s barely a cis person among us. Here’s our not-so-short response to the cooked fuckery out of the UK last and this week. (full text also in alt text)

"embossed plane / blurred by tongue / and even placeless / it can no longer be denied / i am a man /" This time last year, we published @hotpoet.bsky.social 's ODE TO MY PREPOSTEROUS TINY MOUSTACHE'S FIRST INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT. Find it in the archive! buff.ly/nr2BwGh

It’s the first Monday of the month which means a fresh newsletter. Featuring recommendations for poetry and short fiction by @hotpoet.bsky.social @mruthrobinson.bsky.social @bpladek.bsky.social and others. jlakagi.substack.com/p/4-places-t...

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My book is out!!! Survivalism for Hedonists is a collection of cut-up-ish poems & a love letter to queer desire, staying resilient in a world that doesn't feel like it was designed for us & allowing ourselves to survive imperfectly & deliciously. www.querenciapress.com/survivalism-...

Very concerned by the Berlin Senat effectively closing the queer migrant cultural space Oyoun over their hosting a vigil by Jewish Voice for Peace. It not only sets a chilling precedent but also takes away from Berlin’s independent culture. www.berliner-zeitung.de/news/berline...

Strange Horizons ran a special Palestine issue in 2021, the year of the last major Israeli bombing of Gaza. Please read these stories. It won’t help the current situation in any way, but Israel is intent on the genocide of the Palestinian people, and this includes their culture. Help keep it alive.