jaye simpson is an Oji-Cree-

Saulteaux The Saulteaux (pronounced , or in imitation of the French pronunciation , also written Salteaux, Saulteau and other variants), otherwise known as the Plains Ojibwe, are a First Nations band government in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Al ...

indigiqueer writer, poet, activist, and drag queen.

Personal Life

jaye resides on

Musqueam The Musqueam Indian Band ( ; hur, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm ) is a First Nations in Canada, First Nations band government in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is the only First Nations band whose reserve community lies within the boundari ...

Tsleil-waututh The Tsleil-Waututh Nation ( hur, səlilwətaɬ ), formerly known as the Burrard Indian Band or Burrard Inlet Indian Band, is a First Nations band government in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Tsleil-Waututh Nation ("TWN") are Coa ...

, and Squamish First Nations territories which are widely known now as Vancouver, Canada,Christopher Driscoll
"Poet jaye simpson on queering and reclaiming the world of poetry"
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The Martlet The ''Martlet'' is a bi-weekly student newspaper at the University of Victoria (UVic) in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. There are about 10 employees on the payroll, but significant work is done by student volunteers (writing, taking photos ...

'', February 12, 2021. and they write their name, pronouns, and the word "i" in lowercase letters as a stylistic choice to emulate a softness they feel society does not provide to them regularly.

Career

simpson is most noted as a shortlisted finalist for the

Dayne Ogilvie Prize The Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada to an emerging Canadian writer who is part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer community. Origina ...

for LGBTQ Canadian writers in 2021 with the publication of their debut poetry collection ''it was never going to be okay'' by Nightwood Editions in 2020. In addition to the Dayne Ogilvie Prize, the book was the winner in the poetry category for the 2021

Indigenous Voices Awards The Indigenous Voices Awards are a Canadian literary award program, created in 2017 to honour indigenous literatures in Canada.Vicky Qiao
"Nathan Adler, Bevann Fox and jaye simpson among winners for 2021 Indigenous Voices Awards"
CBC Books, June 22, 2021. their work is published in a variety of magazines, another notable publication of theirs being their piece ''all this out of spite'' published in St@nza in the summer 2021 issue. they are also quite successful in their work as a drag queen, promoting the Magic Dykes a
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under their drag name ''Persephone Estradiol.'' jaye has also been published in ''Love After the End,''Whitehead J, ed. ''Love after the End : An Anthology of Two-Spirit & Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction''. Arsenal Pulp Press; 2020. an anthology collection edited by

Joshua Whitehead Joshua Whitehead is a Canadian First Nations, two spirit poet and novelist. An Oji-Cree member of the Peguis First Nation in Manitoba,Land Back Land Back (or #LandBack) is a campaign by Indigenous people in the United States and in Canada that seeks to re-establish Indigenous sovereignty - notably, the political and economic control of lands in what is now the United States and Canada ...

movement, to their stance on the Free Palestine movement.

Published in

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PRISM international ''Prism International'' (styled ''PRISM international'') is a magazine published quarterly in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 1959, it is Western Canada's senior literary magazine. The magazine was started with name ''Prism'' ...

* SAD Mag * GUTS * subTerrain * Grain * Room * Hustling Verse * Love After the End

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