**Trigger warnings for this episode are as follows** Mental health, sui***al ideation, mood disorders, sexual and emotional abuse, trauma, sexually explicit themes, and drug and alcohol use. If any of that sounds difficult to listen to, proceed with care and caution, or, you might want to skip this one. Happy Trans Day of Remembrance 2024. Rest in Power, Nex Benedict, Fern Galindo, Adalyn, and any other trans loved one who has lost their life due to transphobia, fascism, and hatred. May you all be never forgotten. This episode, I feature the art of some friends of the show, Tulsa based photographer and visual artist Tori Bock, Governess of Days and show contributor Ness Robinson, 2024 Lambda Literary Award Winning Tulsa based poet Quinn Carver Johnson, and transgender artist extraordinaire, Jordan Wright. "Nothing to Lose" and "Bipolar Poem" both written and performed by Tori Bock. "Beautiful Broken Doll" and "What Does A Bird Hater Do?" written and performed by Bailey Rodfield. "Bio" and "Actuality" written and performed by Ness Robinson. “The End of Pleasure” and “Some Advice” by Jordan Wright. If you're a queer Oklahoman creator, interested in a statewide network of queer teachers, artists, performers, and creators; email astraphoria@gmail.com! "Dinosaurs" written and performed by Quinn Carver Johnson. This piece was published earlier this year by World Literature Today, and can be found here: https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/poetry/two-poems-oklahoma-quinn-carver-johnson . Support Quinn's work by ordering their poetry collection The Perfect Bastard, which can be found here: https://nupress.northwestern.edu/9780810146501/the-perfect-bastard/ Quinn is also one of the editors and organizers for Zhenya Yevtushenko's Empire of Missed Chances Vol. 3 - Book of Young Myths. I was a contributor to the work, and you can find some of my own poetry within its pages as well. This publication is published through Torres Fine Art, and more information about it can be found here: https://torresfineart.com/emc-store/p/vol-3 Quinn is performing their work at Norman Depot in Tulsa on Fri. Dec 6, and will be teaching a workshop on protest poetry at Oklahoma State University in March and April of next year. If you are local to the Tulsa area, and either of those interest you, please make it out if you can! Music in this episode is listed as follows, in order of appearance: "Sad Guitar Beat", by Seth Makes Sounds, off Freesound.org"Please, Don’t Forget Me", by | e s c p | https://www.escp.space/, https://escp-music.bandcamp.com/"Neurodivergent", by Jaxius"Rain On The Window", by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/"Meditate", by Jaxius"Time Rider" by | e s c p | https://www.escp.space/"Feral Angel Waltz" and "Evening", by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Cover art: "Grungy Rainbow Road", taken in Downtown Santa Fe by Bailey Rodfield.
