Cheers to Growing Up Gay
The Unmistakable Softness 2025
Every Pride, I ask my followers to submit their Gayest childhood photo. You know the one, the picture that told on us, before the world shoved us in a closet.
I compile these into a reading of my poem Unmistakable Softness and every year, the clip gets larger. Here is the 2025 edition!
Reading by Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters.
Unmistakable Softness appears on page 69 of my book of poems and essays POST. Use discount code MARY2025 for up to $10 off the book shop.
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