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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 my first journalling attempts being discovered and outing me".<ref name=" | '''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 my first journalling 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/}}</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/}}</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}}</ref> and as an adult, worked 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}}</ref> | ||
In 2020, Lowrey completed hir Masters of Fine Arts in Fiction with a concentration in Queer Fairytales, at Goddard College.<ref name=" | 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/}}</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 }}</ref>}} | {{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 }}</ref>}} | ||