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when other people are manic, they go out and have fun or drink or whatever. but when im manic, i publish poetry books

you can buy your paperback copy here!!!

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"something about losing my childhood femininity to trauma"

thanx 2 @transmonstera for inspiring me to make trans art lately, ur poetry & art makes me cradle my heart

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i haven't been writing or making art a whole lot but i found that easy, cute little stuffed frog pattern from last year and decided to make some weird little guys today

(pattern is by boigameista!!)

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All That Glitters, Decays

acrylic modeling paste & gold leaf on two 10" x 10" canvas panels

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so, uh... i got a new tablet and started out with a self-portrait. first time i've drawn in what feels like years.

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"The Q Stands For Queer, Not Quiet"

Our (my mother and I) tree for the ArtisTREES art show this year is a dedication to the transgender community, both to the 35 transgender Americans that have been senselessly taken from us this year alone and to the transgender Americans that are still fighting for their rights to this day.

Each white bulb lists the name and age of a transgender person who was killed by transphobia in the year 2022. The pyramid tree-topper is an homage to the HIV/AIDS campaign by ACTUP in the 1980s, when the Reagan administration failed to respond quickly enough to the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States.

These are the names of those we've lost in 2022:

Diamond Jackson-McDonald (she/her)

Daniel Aston (he/him)

Kelly Loving (she/her)

Tiffany Banks (she/her)

Semaj Billingslea (he/him)

Acey Morrison (she/her)

Mya Allen (she/her)

Dede Ricks (she/her)

Maddie Hofmann (she/her)

Aaron Lynch (he/him)

Kandii Reed (she/her)

Hayden Davis (she/her)

Marisela Castro (she/her)

Cherry Bush (she/her)

Keshia Chanel Geter (she/her)

Martasia Richmond (she/her)

Kitty Monroe (she/her)

Shawmaynè Giselle Marie (she/her)

Brazil Johnson (she/her)

Sasha Mason (she/her)

Chanelika Y'Ella Dior Hemingway (she/her)

Nedra Sequence Morris (she/her)

Ray Muscat (he/him)

Fern Feather (she/her or they/them)

Ariyanna Mitchell (she/her)

Miia Love Parker (she/her)

Kenyatta ‘Kesha” Webster (she/her)

Kathryn “Katie” Newhouse (she/her)

Tatiana Labelle (she/her)

Paloma Vazquez (she/her)

Matthew Angelo Spampinato (he/him)

Naomie Skinner (she/her)

Cypress Ramos (she/her)

Duval Princess (she/her)

Amariey Lej (she/her)

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BOY CRAZY BOY: A Queer Poetry Collection (written by me, R.D. Shepard) is now available on Amazon Kindle!

please support my career as a writer & poet by buying it here!

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Scared I'll Find Out

original song by R.D. Shepard

started working on a new song last night. with everything going on in the news qbout attacks on LGBTQ people, my anxiety's been pretty high, so i've been trying to write out my emotions.

enjoy what i've written so far. 💛