KB Brookins on Writing, Identity, and Becoming

from Dear Queer, · host Alena Papayanis & Lauren Hogarth

Trans Writer KB Brookins joins us to talk about: Their memoir, Pretty The importance of finding your people Having mentors Writing things down when it's hard to say the thing out loud Refined rage Not excusing behaviours but giving them context Trans news that doesn’t suck Links: https://bookshop.org/p/books/pretty-a-memoir-kb-brookins/46b2a7822f45f3a6 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTqNmhvEfdi https://transnews.substack.com Music By: Sean Patrick Brennan @ayeayeayemusic

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