[Image: Two slides with a light blue background. Slide 1 text: "Trans Survivors Zine: Relationships. How Jazmine Sullivan Helped Me Appreciate and Come Out to My Mother Again by Maya Williams. 'βIβm no longer a Black woman, but will always root for Black women,β / she was concerned about me not calling myself Black. I ease her worry, / βIβm a Black nonbinary person.β Sighing, she said, βDonβt scare me like that again.β Iβm glad she only cared about the word that matters.' forge.tips/zine."]
[Image: Slide 2 text: "About the Writer. Maya Williams. Maya Williams (ey/they/she) is a religious Black multiracial nonbinary suicide survivor who served as Portland, Maine's poet laureate for a 2021-2024 term. Follow more of eir work at mayawilliamspoet.com. @emmdubb16. forge.tips/zine." FORGE logo.]
In Maya Williams's poem, unexpected means lead us back to connection. Read the full poem in the Relationships issue of the Trans Survivors Zine, at forge.tips/zine and connect with Maya at @emmdubb16.bsky.social and mayawilliamspoet.com!
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