We invite trans scholars, thinkers, creative members, and visionary leaders to explore the following questions through their work:

  • 1) How are you (or your communities) experiencing erasure and/or visibility in contemporary America – through legislation, healthcare systems, education, relationships, and beyond?

  • 2) What are your social, legal, and medical realities in today's America?

  • 3) How are you navigating gender-affirming care or experiencing healthcare discrimination

  • 4) What are your encounters with legal systems (ID changes, criminalization, anti-trans laws)?

  • 5) What do you wish your families, teachers, schoolmates, and lawmakers to understand about your individual and/or our collective experiences?

  • 6) How are you pursuing or navigating your health, healing, and well-being as trans?

  • 7) What are our collective visions, hopes, and demands for future generations?

  • 8) What histories, burdens, and strengths do we carry — and how do we actively work to erase the erasure imposed upon us?

Whether through words, images, or multimedia, we want to uplift your voice: honest, joyful, defiant, or tender. You do not need to be a professional writer or artist. This is about telling how you, as a member of trans communities, are experiencing America.

We welcome submissions in the following formats:

  1. Personal essays, reflections, or letters(up to 3,000 words)

  2. Poetry (minimum of 3 poems, up to 6 poems per submission)

  3. Visual art or photography(high-resolution preferred)

  4. Short video or multimedia storytelling(5–8 minutes, with transcription)

As this anthology will be showcased virtually first (and in hopefully print later), we ask that you include a portrait-style image (color or black-and-white) is encouraged to go along with bio (300 words max).

We're especially seeking work that explores the questions above. If your work is selected for inclusion, you will receive a $500** per submission as a thank-you for your contribution.

**subject to applicable taxes. Contributors will retain copyright to their work. Published submissions will appear under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, which allows sharing with attribution, prohibits commercial use, and does not permit derivative works.

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Erase Erasure Submission Form