Bad Queer by Gayathiri Kamalakanthan Stephen Watts with thoughtfulness and joy

with thoughtfulness and joy

and succeeds in helping us at least try to understand human frailties

It’s a collection with a keen ear to the infrasound

down-to-earth utterance may be the norm

a freethinker and a liberal at a time of repression

Bad Queer by Gayathiri Kamalakanthan Stephen Watts with thoughtfulness and joyPublished 26th March 2026 A luminous and romantic debut verse novel navigating first love as a non binary teenager. I feel invincible. Like I could run and run and never stop for breath. I feel a power in me I didn't know I had. The power to speak, to say what I need. Surya knows exactly who they are. Coming out as non binary to their queer parents and best friend? A total non event. Catching feelings for Blessing the boy in drama club whose smile