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Kirt is a creative writer focused on LGBT issues. They're a 2019 Pitch Wars mentee and a 2018 Lambda Literary Fellow in Young Adult Fiction. Their work has appeared in Lambda's EMERGE anthology and Crab Fat Magazine's BEST OF YEAR FOUR anthology as well as featured in apt literary magazine, Paper Darts literary magazine, and The Gottman Institute online.
I realized I needed to convert to Judaism the same day I realized my child needed early intervention. These were not directly connected, and yet the two journeys became intertwined. It was Rosh Hashanah, and I'd had to stay home due to work commitments while my partner and our child Birdie visited family out of [...]
Max thinks fighting everyone is the only way to survive being trans in Indiana. But his view of masculinity is challenged when his new teacher, an Army vet, gives him the tools to push for a GSA at his conservative school. "Jack leans against our school secretary’s desk casually and smiles at her, all dimples...."
Reading of a YA novel excerpt from Lambda Literary's 2018 Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices
My anxiety and queerness grew side by side, tangled together. My anxiety fed on my queerness, particularly in southern Indiana, where fundamentalist Christianity constantly reinforces that all queer people go to hell. But I knew I couldn’t stop being queer, even if I wanted to—and usually, I didn’t.
At the edge of the ocean at Fort Lauderdale Beach, I had a revelation. (nonfiction)
His mind processed nothing. He saw nothing. It happened in an instant. (short fiction)
On Christina Street, my wife shows me her house from before, before immigrating, before America, before this.... (poetry)
A high school English lesson plan about banned comics. (informational nonfiction)
