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| date_birth=1984<ref name="Lowrey2017">{{Cite web |title=A Guide To Non-binary Pronouns And Why They Matter |last=Lowrey |first=Sassafras |work=HuffPost |date=8 November 2017 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/non-binary-pronouns-why-they-matter_b_5a03107be4b0230facb8419a }}</ref> | | date_birth=1984<ref name="Lowrey2017">{{Cite web |title=A Guide To Non-binary Pronouns And Why They Matter |last=Lowrey |first=Sassafras |work=HuffPost |date=8 November 2017 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/non-binary-pronouns-why-they-matter_b_5a03107be4b0230facb8419a |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529102548/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/non-binary-pronouns-why-they-matter_b_5a03107be4b0230facb8419a |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
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'''Sassafras Lowrey''' is an author and journalist, known for hir books about dogs.<ref name="Metraux">{{Cite web |title=How Sassafras Lowrey Made Writing About Dogs a Career |last=Métraux |first=Julia |work=Narratively |date=6 March 2020 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://narratively.com/how-sassafras-lowrey-made-writing-about-dogs-a-career/}}</ref> Ze came out as [[genderqueer]] at 17, in the early 2000s.<ref name="Lowrey2017" /> At that time ze was homeless "because of | '''Sassafras Lowrey''' is an author and journalist, known for hir books about dogs.<ref name="Metraux">{{Cite web |title=How Sassafras Lowrey Made Writing About Dogs a Career |last=Métraux |first=Julia |work=Narratively |date=6 March 2020 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://narratively.com/how-sassafras-lowrey-made-writing-about-dogs-a-career/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501174633/https://narratively.com/how-sassafras-lowrey-made-writing-about-dogs-a-career/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Ze came out as [[genderqueer]] at 17, in the early 2000s.<ref name="Lowrey2017" /> At that time ze was homeless "because of [hir] first journaling attempts being discovered and outing me".<ref name="WalshPeterPan">{{Cite web |title=Sassafras Lowrey on Queering Peter Pan |last=Walsh |first=Matthew |work=Plenitude Magazine |date=11 September 2015 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= http://plenitudemagazine.ca/sassafras-lowrey-on-queering-peter-pan/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320130912/https://plenitudemagazine.ca/sassafras-lowrey-on-queering-peter-pan/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Ze found a support community at a queer youth center in Portland,<ref name="OQV">{{Cite web |title=Sassafras Lowrey |author= |work=Older Queer Voices: The Intimacy of Survival |date=29 January 2017 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://olderqueervoices.com/2017/01/29/we-know-how-to-do-this-by-sassafras-lowrey/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630160608/https://olderqueervoices.com/2017/01/29/we-know-how-to-do-this-by-sassafras-lowrey/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="leatherati2013">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Sassafras Lowrey |author=Leatherati |work=Medium |date=20 February 2013 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url=https://leatherati.com/interview-with-sassafras-lowrey-4814de9fc673 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721090849/https://leatherati.com/interview-with-sassafras-lowrey-4814de9fc673?gi=f255a85dcd09 |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> and as an adult, works to help homeless youth hirself.<ref name="advo_Meet">{{Cite web |title=Meet the LGBT Leaders Who Used to Be Homeless |last1=Lowrey |first1=Sassafras |last2=Shelton |first2=Jama |work=The Advocate |date=6 June 2014 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/youth/2014/06/06/meet-lgbt-leaders-who-used-be-homeless|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818011747/https://www.advocate.com/youth/2014/06/06/meet-lgbt-leaders-who-used-be-homeless |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
In 2020, Lowrey completed hir Masters of Fine Arts in Fiction with a concentration in Queer Fairytales, at Goddard College.<ref name="WalshRepresentation">{{Cite web |title=Sassafras Lowrey talks genderqueer representation and trans portrayals in fiction |last=Walsh |first=Dominic |work=SciFiPulse.Net |date=24 November 2020 |access-date=27 November 2020 |url= https://scifipulse.net/sassafras-lowrey-talks-genderqueer-representation-and-trans-portrayals-in-fiction/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226114952/https://www.scifipulse.net/sassafras-lowrey-talks-genderqueer-representation-and-trans-portrayals-in-fiction/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | |||
In addition to [[genderqueer]], Lowrey is also [[trans]], [[femme]], [[queer]], polyamorous, and [[asexual]].<ref>{{cite tweet|user= sassafraslowrey|number= 1182723625448685568|date=11 October 2019|title=and to have made a core aspect of my career around writing the queerest books and stories I can imagine. Happy #NationalComingOutDay Queerly yours a: #runaway, formerly #homeless, #genderqueer, #trans, #femme, #queer, #polyamorous, #asexual, #little, #leather boy}}</ref> | In addition to [[genderqueer]], Lowrey is also [[trans]], [[femme]], [[queer]], polyamorous, and [[asexual]].<ref>{{cite tweet|user= sassafraslowrey|number= 1182723625448685568|date=11 October 2019|title=and to have made a core aspect of my career around writing the queerest books and stories I can imagine. Happy #NationalComingOutDay Queerly yours a: #runaway, formerly #homeless, #genderqueer, #trans, #femme, #queer, #polyamorous, #asexual, #little, #leather boy}}</ref> | ||
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
{{quote|As a fiction author one of my main goals is to create queer stories for queer readers. For me this means writing a diverse representation of genderqueer/trans characters on the page. The characters in my novels unapologetically use a variety of [[pronouns]]. | {{quote|As a fiction author one of my main goals is to create queer stories for queer readers. For me this means writing a diverse representation of genderqueer/trans characters on the page. The characters in my novels unapologetically use a variety of [[pronouns]]. I'm equally committed to normalizing the presence of [[Nonbinary characters in fiction|non-binary characters]] as I am to non-binary language in literature.<ref name="Lowrey2017" />}} | ||
{{quote|I think the best pieces of advice I can give to young/upcoming queer writers is to follow your heart and your gut and tell the stories that need telling, and the ones that maybe only you can tell. I think that as queer writers it’s really important that we take risks with our work.<ref name="Carina">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Sassafras Lowrey |last=Carina |first=Leland |work=Medium |date=9 October 2012 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://leatherati.com/interview-with-sassafras-lowrey-d7a9e138d885 | {{quote|I think the best pieces of advice I can give to young/upcoming queer writers is to follow your heart and your gut and tell the stories that need telling, and the ones that maybe only you can tell. I think that as queer writers it’s really important that we take risks with our work.<ref name="Carina">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Sassafras Lowrey |last=Carina |first=Leland |work=Medium |date=9 October 2012 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url=https://leatherati.com/interview-with-sassafras-lowrey-d7a9e138d885 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721090850/https://leatherati.com/interview-with-sassafras-lowrey-d7a9e138d885?gi=ae678ab79a15 |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>}} | ||
{{quote|For the last sixteen years, the people who I have called family, who I have spent holidays with, those who I have considered my real family, are other queer people. The kids I met in the months and years after running away, whose stories looked like mine and who made me believe there was a future not just for me, but for all of us. We raised each other, created homes together, built our own traditions, reshaping the definition of family. The people in my life I now consider family are not those I was born to, but those who have truly earned and enthusiastically claimed the honor.<ref name="Lowrey2018">{{Cite web |title=Lost Cause: On Estrangement and Chosen Family |last=Lowrey |first=Sassafras |work=Catapult |date=10 May 2018 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://catapult.co/stories/generations-lost-cause-on-estrangement-and-chosen-family}}</ref>}} | {{quote|For the last sixteen years, the people who I have called family, who I have spent holidays with, those who I have considered my real family, are other queer people. The kids I met in the months and years after running away, whose stories looked like mine and who made me believe there was a future not just for me, but for all of us. We raised each other, created homes together, built our own traditions, reshaping the definition of family. The people in my life I now consider family are not those I was born to, but those who have truly earned and enthusiastically claimed the honor.<ref name="Lowrey2018">{{Cite web |title=Lost Cause: On Estrangement and Chosen Family |last=Lowrey |first=Sassafras |work=Catapult |date=10 May 2018 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://catapult.co/stories/generations-lost-cause-on-estrangement-and-chosen-family|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324154716/https://catapult.co/stories/generations-lost-cause-on-estrangement-and-chosen-family |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>}} | ||
==Books== | ==Books== | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category: Nonbinary people]] | [[Category: Nonbinary people]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:50, 11 July 2024
| Date of birth | 1984[1] |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Pronouns | ze/hir[1] |
| Gender identity | genderqueer[1] |
| Occupation | author, journalist |
Sassafras Lowrey is an author and journalist, known for hir books about dogs.[2] Ze came out as genderqueer at 17, in the early 2000s.[1] At that time ze was homeless "because of [hir] first journaling attempts being discovered and outing me".[3] Ze found a support community at a queer youth center in Portland,[4][5] and as an adult, works to help homeless youth hirself.[6]
In 2020, Lowrey completed hir Masters of Fine Arts in Fiction with a concentration in Queer Fairytales, at Goddard College.[7]
In addition to genderqueer, Lowrey is also trans, femme, queer, polyamorous, and asexual.[8]
Quotes[edit | edit source]
| « | As a fiction author one of my main goals is to create queer stories for queer readers. For me this means writing a diverse representation of genderqueer/trans characters on the page. The characters in my novels unapologetically use a variety of pronouns. I'm equally committed to normalizing the presence of non-binary characters as I am to non-binary language in literature.[1] | » |
| « | I think the best pieces of advice I can give to young/upcoming queer writers is to follow your heart and your gut and tell the stories that need telling, and the ones that maybe only you can tell. I think that as queer writers it’s really important that we take risks with our work.[9] | » |
| « | For the last sixteen years, the people who I have called family, who I have spent holidays with, those who I have considered my real family, are other queer people. The kids I met in the months and years after running away, whose stories looked like mine and who made me believe there was a future not just for me, but for all of us. We raised each other, created homes together, built our own traditions, reshaping the definition of family. The people in my life I now consider family are not those I was born to, but those who have truly earned and enthusiastically claimed the honor.[10] | » |
Books[edit | edit source]
- Kicked Out (2010, editor)
- Roving Pack (2012)
- Leather Ever After: An Anthology of Kinky Fairy Tales (2013, editor)
- Lost Boi (2015)
- A Little Queermas Carol (2016)
- Tricks in the City (2019)
- Healing/Heeling (2019)
- William To The Rescue: Bedtime Stories for Rescue Dogs (2019)
- Chew This Journal (2020)
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lowrey, Sassafras (8 November 2017). "A Guide To Non-binary Pronouns And Why They Matter". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ↑ Métraux, Julia (6 March 2020). "How Sassafras Lowrey Made Writing About Dogs a Career". Narratively. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ↑ Walsh, Matthew (11 September 2015). "Sassafras Lowrey on Queering Peter Pan". Plenitude Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ↑ "Sassafras Lowrey". Older Queer Voices: The Intimacy of Survival. 29 January 2017. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ↑ Leatherati (20 February 2013). "Interview with Sassafras Lowrey". Medium. Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2020.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- ↑ Lowrey, Sassafras; Shelton, Jama (6 June 2014). "Meet the LGBT Leaders Who Used to Be Homeless". The Advocate. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ↑ Walsh, Dominic (24 November 2020). "Sassafras Lowrey talks genderqueer representation and trans portrayals in fiction". SciFiPulse.Net. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ↑ @sassafraslowrey (11 October 2019). "and to have made a core aspect of my career around writing the queerest books and stories I can imagine. Happy #NationalComingOutDay Queerly yours a: #runaway, formerly #homeless, #genderqueer, #trans, #femme, #queer, #polyamorous, #asexual, #little, #leather boy" – via Twitter.
- ↑ Carina, Leland (9 October 2012). "Interview with Sassafras Lowrey". Medium. Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2020.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- ↑ Lowrey, Sassafras (10 May 2018). "Lost Cause: On Estrangement and Chosen Family". Catapult. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2020.