jaye simpson posted by themself in July of 2023[1]

jaye simpson is an Oji-Cree-Saulteaux indigiqueer writer, poet, activist, and drag queen.[2]

Personal Life

jaye resides on Musqueam, Tsleil-waututh, and Squamish First Nations territories which are widely known now as Vancouver, Canada,[3] [4] 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.[5]

Career

simpson is most noted as a shortlisted finalist for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Canadian writers in 2021 [6] with the publication of their debut poetry collection it was never going to be okay by Nightwood Editions in 2020.[7] In addition to the Dayne Ogilvie Prize, the book was the winner in the poetry category for the 2021 Indigenous Voices Awards.[8] 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.[9]

they are also quite successful in their work as a drag queen, promoting the Magic Dykes at The Boxcar under their drag name Persephone Estradiol.

jaye has also been published in Love After the End,[10] an anthology collection edited by Joshua Whitehead, with their story The Ark of the Turtle's Back.

simpson has a second poetry collection on the way, a body more tolerable, which was announced on May 29, 2023.[11]

In regards to their activism, jaye uses their platform in a variety of ways and regularly posts on their Instagram story supporting topical causes ranging from trans rights, to their support of the Land Back movement, to their stance on the Free Palestine movement.[12] [13]

Published in[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  2. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  3. ↑ Christopher Driscoll, "Poet jaye simpson on queering and reclaiming the world of poetry". The Martlet, February 12, 2021.
  4. ↑ "St@nza 18.2 Summer 2021 by League of Canadian Poets - Issuu". issuu.com. 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  5. ↑ Driscoll, Christopher (2021-02-12). "Poet jaye simpson on queering and reclaiming the world of poetry Martlet". Martlet. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  6. ↑ Ryan Porter, "Emerging queer writers celebrated as finalists announced for Dayne Ogilvie Prize". Quill & Quire, May 26, 2021.
  7. ↑ "37 Canadian poetry collections to watch for in fall 1920". CBC Books, September 23, 2020.
  8. ↑ Vicky Qiao, "Nathan Adler, Bevann Fox and jaye simpson among winners for 2021 Indigenous Voices Awards". CBC Books, June 22, 2021.
  9. ↑ "St@nza 18.2 Summer 2021 by League of Canadian Poets - Issuu". issuu.com. 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  10. 1 2 Whitehead J, ed. Love after the End : An Anthology of Two-Spirit & Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction. Arsenal Pulp Press; 2020.
  11. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  12. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  13. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
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