When searching for a prominent member of the LGBT community to appear at the event, Stay immediately thought of Gibson, picturing the poet performing in Kayenta under the stars of the desert sky.

Iwasnever formally introduced to Andrea Gibson’s poetry. They just felt like kin from the beginning, like a queer cousin I always knew. Gibson — a queer poet, activist and performance artist who explored identity,

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