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A Celebration of Non-Binary Brilliance for Non-Binary Day

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“Being a human is hard work, but it’s easier to carry that load together. Keep showing up and extending grace for yourself and others.”—Mx. Pucks A’Plenty (they/them/yas queen) Every year on July 14, International Non-Binary Day honors those whose identities defy binary labels and embrace the full expanse of possibility. It’s a day to celebrate trans and non-binary, agender, gender-expansive, and gender-nonconforming people for exactly who they are: vibrant, powerful, infinite. Non-binary people are poets and storytellers, parents and punks, rebels and caretakers. They are living proof that gender is not a limitation, but a galaxy. Today, we uplift their words—the ones that challenge us, heal us, and remind us of what it means to belong. Poetry by Non-Binary Poets Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics, edited by Trace Peterson and TC Tolbert A groundbreaking anthology of trans and genderqueer poets—a must-have for any poetry lover craving raw honesty and lyrical revolution. The first of its kind, Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics, gathers together a diverse range of 55 poets with varying aesthetics and backgrounds. In addition to generous samples of poetry by each trans writer, the book also includes “poetics statements”–reflections by

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