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Zanne Nilsson

A Beautiful Corpse

A poem about artistic legacy

May 26, 2024

A view of the top of an Ancient Egyptian sarcophagus in the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada.

May 26, 2024

Stop Talking Yourself Out of It

You’re more capable than you (and your enemies) think

Dec 13, 2021

Photo of the author from behind, holding a ukulele and walking towards the waves on a beach.

Dec 13, 2021

On the Death of the Ringmaster

We are all the circus and the circus must go on

May 16, 2021

Jack Terricloth, lead singer of punk band The World/Inferno Friendship Society, shown from the perspective of the band as he sings onstage at a bar. An enthusiastic audience faces him, gesturing and dancing as they sing along.

May 16, 2021

Published in

P.S. I Love You

Butterflies in the Bedroom

A poem for Emma and her Night Visitor

Sep 27, 2020

Picture of a tattered blue and black butterfly reminiscent of a starry night sky

Sep 27, 2020

Published in

Think Queerly—By Darren Stehle

Here Comes the Gride: 5 Things I’ve Learned Planning a Queer Nonbinary Wedding

This would be easier if “bridegroom” wasn’t taken

Mar 15, 2020

Here Comes the Gride: 5 Things I’ve Learned Planning a Queer Nonbinary Wedding

Mar 15, 2020

Why I Won’t Stop Writing Trans Articles

I do it for him, and I’ll do it again

Jan 13, 2020

A hand holding up a heart-shaped piece of wrinkled gold foil against a pink, purple, blue, and gold background

Jan 13, 2020

Published in

P.S. I Love You

Catsgiving: A Good Deed Gone Wrong

You can’t always make everyone happy. But try anyway.

Nov 25, 2019

Catsgiving: A Good Deed Gone Wrong

Nov 25, 2019

Published in

Gender From The Trenches

How Not to Talk About Your Trans Friends

Trans pro-tips for cis people

Oct 28, 2019

How Not to Talk About Your Trans Friends

Oct 28, 2019

Published in

Journal of Journeys

Sometimes, You Pretend Your Rape is a Funny Story

Because it isn’t rape when it happens to you, right?

Oct 1, 2019

A red neon sign reading “LAUGH” against a dark brick background

Oct 1, 2019

Published in

The Startup

Why I Wrote a Genderfluid FAQ

And why its popularity terrified me

Sep 25, 2019

Photo of the Milky Way as seen from Earth in the night sky, in shades of blue and purple

Sep 25, 2019

Zanne Nilsson

Zanne Nilsson

Just a queer nonbinary punk librarian who wants you to know you’re not broken. Rarely serious, always sincere. (They/them)

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