I'm an intersex, trans, non binary artist and activist working across multiple disciplines.

 

My work attempts to connect with and put out into the world those underlying primal images and sounds which allow us to transcend barriers such as language, sex, culture, neurodiversity and mental health.

 

Through painting, music, spoken word, activism and events curation, I provide a route to a more inclusive and explorative future.

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Instagram:  @cult_of_rae

Oriel is an advertising Creative who spends a lot of her spare time trying to do things to live up to such a pretentious job title. She wrote Turgid over lockdown after going down a rabbit hole of the awfully sterile "erotic" writing of the straight male gaze. It's a satirical collection that plays with the traditional language and tropes to entertain, repulse and arouse a different audience.

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Instagram: @orieliwells

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My name is Bethan Vickers and I am a Queer writer from London – mainly focused on travel or scientific/social articles. My debut poetry collection will be published in the next few months. Stumble Home is a water-laced exploration of relationships, places and self. The poem, Censored Suffrage, is a reaction to the current government’s Crime Bill that sees 10 years in prison for defacing a statue but 5 years for rape, failing to mention ‘Women’ once in the 296-page report. Given the handling of the Sarah Everard vigil and the reaction to the rightful toppling of the Edward Colston statue in Bristol - this bill is a dangerous precedent to set and a slap in the face to many groups of society: Women, working class, minority groups, BAME. This poem is my reaction as a woman but it is also a call to action (or rebellion in the words of Pankhurst) against social injustice in all its forms. We won’t sit silent while the government unveils a statue of Emily Davison with one hand and smashes vigils and BLM or Extinction Rebellion protests with the other.

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Instagram: @bethantv

South London based multimedia artist River Manning's recent collection of lino prints explore the parallels between transness and growth and beauty in the natural world. Each handmade print features a trans body crowned with various flora signifying the bloom trans people experience given suitable conditions to grow.

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Instagram: @rivermanning_

Lucie Arnoux is a London-based Illustrator whose intricate work is published in children's books and comic-books, both in France and the UK.Lucie Arnoux is a London-based Illustrator whose intricate work is published in children's books and comic-books, both in France and the UK.

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Instagram: @luciedrawsthings

Celine is not a new writer, but she is new to sharing her work. Her poem “Eden” expresses the period in which she detangled her feelings of rejection after a significant breakup from her views about herself. In the last few years, developing her relationship with her “self” in the context of romantic relationships has been a priority for Celine. This is something which she feels is central to the queer experience and, by extension, to much queer art. 

Outside of writing, Celine is an environmental and humanitarian lawyer, living in London. 

Instagram: @celineanne24

My name is Emma and I'm a sexual violence researcher. I'm based in Peckham, and I'm interested in writing that orders and norms, and acknowledges the messiness of our existence. I value imagination and relentless optimism, as well as failure and laziness.

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Instagram: @emmajyapp

Simon Hauwaerts is a young writer who was born and raised in Belgium. He now studies English Literature in the UK. Simon will read and write anything, but his preferred genres are horror, poetry, and nonfiction. He lives in Brighton.

Twitter: @orphicbinoculars

Coco Jackson is a black, queer, woman who creates art. She is a London based creative photographer who is self-taught and explores a variety of types of photography including but not limited to travel photography, portrait photography and event photography anything from theatre shows, circus shows, live music, burlesque and cabaret events. 

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Instagram: @conversewithcoco

Gemma is a queer lino-print artist who rediscovered printmaking over lockdown. She has a background in developing LGBTQ+ inclusion in schools and has most recently enjoyed combining her facilitation and arts specialisms to run printmaking workshops for adults. Her last big Arts Council funded project involved leading free online lino-print workshops for LGBTQ+ adults with the aim to bring people together and teach a new creative skill. She set up Wild Water Art Store - a small printmaking business on Etsy - and for now loves making prints of independent bookshops, queer joy, grief, slowing down and swimming.

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Instagram: @wildwaterartstore