“Knackered, Babes”, a poem in four sections, was published yesterday in issue 20 of the excellent Bad Lilies, edited by Kathryn Gray and Andrew Neilson. This piece is full of allusions and references to, and puns on, 80s and 90s music, hymns, praise songs and liturgy, sci-fi, literture and politics, as well as the natural world near my home. It’s angry, playful and defiant. In part, it’s a response to the fact that some people are far more interested in trying to identify an etiology for transness than they are in improving the lot of trans people.

This is kicking off my 2025 publications in a way I’m particularly proud of. There are two more coming in the next month or two: one poem in London Grip in March and then, in March or April, two short poems in The Interpreter’s House. All of these pieces speak in one way or another about my trans experience, but I think they do so in ways that have appeal for a broader constituency than just trans or queer readers. I hope you enjoy them!