23 Aug

17:00

Savannah Bay

Telingstraat 13, Utrecht

Celebrate queer joy and gender euphoria at this poetry event featuring the new 'Queer & Feminist Poetry Anthology Vol. II'. Enjoy readings from poets, a Q&A, and an open mic session.

Lazy Queer Sunday: Queer Joy & Gender Euphoria

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The theme is ‘Queer Joy & Gender Euphoria’, featuring the new Queer & Feminist Poetry Anthology Vol. II by Unwanted Words.

‘Too often, queer stories are expected to center struggle. This anthology chooses to celebrate something else: joy, gender euphoria, softness, pride, pleasure, and the beauty of becoming.’

The event will feature a line-up of poets published in the anthology, a Q&A with the editorial team about the making of the book, and an open mic where you’re welcome to share your own words.

Come listen, connect, celebrate, and help us bring queer joy beyond the page.

About the Anthology

The Queer & Feminist Poetry Anthology Vol. II: Queer Joy & Gender Euphoria Edition is a bilingual collection in Dutch and English featuring the voices of 51 LGBTQ+ poets and spoken word artists based in The Netherlands.

This edition celebrates queer joy, gender euphoria, pleasure, pride, softness, and the power of collective imagination. At a time when queer stories are so often reduced to trauma, loss, or survival, this anthology invites you to reimagine alternative futures and center hope, love, and the freedom of becoming yourself. Through poetry and spoken word, these writers reclaim joy as something deeply radical: a form of resistance, healing, and transformation.

The anthology is published by Stichting Unwanted Words Project, an award-winning platform in The Netherlands dedicated to amplifying emerging queer, feminist, and marginalized voices through poetry, storytelling, community events, and artistic collaborations.

“Highlighting queer and feminist voices in poetry is essential to challenging longstanding structures of exclusion. This anthology reflects our valued partnership with Unwanted Words in amplifying work that not only mirrors the world, but actively reshapes it.” — Diana Chin-A-Fat, Director of Poetry International Festival