"Arachne Press has long been a champion of LGBTQ+ writers, and our first anthology of LGBTQ+ poetry Joy//Us, was something of a hit!
It was a strange moment, publishing joyful poems, that celebrated all that is best about our community/ies and lives.
The environment for LGBTQ+ communities has changed alarmingly quickly in the last two years and these are new queer poems for bleaker times.
Are we angry? You bet we are. Do we still laugh, make jokes, make love, make friends, forge communities and make a lot of noise?
Of course.
Poetry is an act of resistance, it gives us strength, and it takes many forms, from singing to nail varnish, gossip to badges, refusing to back down and refusing to forget.
What is Queer Resistance?
Coming out as Queer Resistance! Living bold as Queer Resistance! Pushing back as Queer Resistance! Shouting out as Queer Resistance! Showing up as Queer Resistance! Knowing history as Queer Resistance! Doing the work as Queer Resistance! Politics as Queer Resistance! Creativity as Queer Resistance! The exclamation mark as Queer Resistance!
Now is the time for Queer Resistance!"
Featuring poems from
Abhi
Abu Leila
Alyson Hallett
Arun Jeetoo
Carmina Masoliver
Cherry Potts
Conway Emmett
Cynthia Rodríguez Juárez
David Wakely
Deviji RM Jaan
Donna Nì Conor
Elizabeth Gibson
Ella Otomewo
Em Gray
Emily Hay
Eve Xin
Finnley Kneller
Gwenhwyfar Ferch Rhys
Heather Chapman
Jamie Fearn
Jane Aldous
Jeremy Dixon
Joshua Linney
Kate Foley
Khushi
Maria Jastrzebska
Mel Chilekwa
Mohammed Barber
Nathan Evans
P Burton-Morgan
Paz Kaiba
Rab Green
Rachael Clyne
Rachel Brook
Rachel Cain
Rick Dove
Robert Hamberger
Robin Campbell
Rowan Carteret
Simon Maddrell
Steph Morris
Teddy Mills
Vron McIntyre
Zo Copeland
