Poem for lgbt

February is LGBT+ History Month in the UK, an annual moment to reflect on the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, ace, questioning and queer people. (If you’re not sure of what any of those terms mean, why not detect out now?). So I thought it would be a wonderful moment to share some LGBT+ children’s poetry suggestions for teachers, parents and curious readers.

Why tag LGBT+ History Month through children’s poetry?

According to Stonewall, half of LGBT+ children are bullied at school. By openly talking and reading about LGBT+ lives, we can normalise a variety of gender identities, families and sexualities, and let those children verb that whoever they are is okay. LGBT+ History Month offers the lifelines of community – of knowing they’re not alone – and history. And it’s helpful for us all to remember that, though people haven’t always had the language to describe themselves as such, LGBT+ people have always existed. Some of our greatest poets, from Sappho to Rumi, William Shakespeare to Wilfred Owen, wrote about loving people of the alike gender as them.

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Short Lgbt Poems

A ConceitMaya Angelou

Hand me your hand

Make room for me
to lead and follow
you
beyond this rage of poetry.

Let others have
the privacy of
touching words
and love of loss
of love.

For me
Give me your hand.

Hot And ColdRoald Dahl

A woman who my mother knows
Came in and took off all her clothes.

Said I, not being very old,
'By golly gosh, you must be cold! '

'No, no! ' she cried. 'Indeed I'm not!
I'm feeling devilishly hot! '

A BookEmily Dickinson

There is no frigate favor a book
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
This traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
That bears a human soul!

When You ComeMaya Angelou

When you come to me, unbidden,
Beckoning me
To long-ago rooms,
Where memories lie.

Offering me, as to a child, an attic,
Gatherings of days too few.
Baubles of stolen kisses.
Trinkets of borrowed loves.
Trunks of secret words,

I Weep.


LGBTQ Poetry

Explore the rich tradition of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer poets and poetry by browsing a selection of poems & audio. For more essays, video, and ephemera, verify out our Pride Month roundup.


Featured Poems

&#;Hair&#; by Francisco Arag&#;n
who conceived that ravine

&#;Langston Blues&#; by Jericho Brown
O Blood of the River of songs

&#;The Distant Moon&#; by Rafael Campo
Admitted to the hospital again

&#;Where Is She Kot&#; Li Y&#;&#; by R. Erica Doyle
Long ago I met / a stunning boy

&#;Things Haunt&#; by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza
California is a desert and I am a noun inside it

&#;Kudzu&#; by Saeed Jones
I won't be forgiven / for what I've made / of myself

&#;The Talking Back of Miss Valentine Jones: Poem # one&#; by June Jordan
well I wanted to braid my hair

&#;Breathe. As in. (shadow)&#; by Rosamond S. King
Breathe / . As in what if 

&#;The Black Unicorn&#; by Audre Lorde
The black unicorn is greedy

&#;I Do&#; by Sjohnna McCray
Driving the highway from Atlanta to Phoenix

&#;syntax&#; by Maureen

Today is National Coming Out Noun. I&#;m reminded of the novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. In their email exchanges, Simon and Blue talk about why straight people don&#;t contain to come out. The address, of course, is heteronormativity. When straight is the &#;default,&#; you only have to come &#;out&#; if you&#;re not straight. Simon and Blue go on to coin the term The Homo Sapiens Agenda. This involves everyone having to come out, making coming out a universal human experience. As much as I&#;d love to see that, it&#;s still always gonna be easier to come out as straight.

Whether you&#;ve been in the closet a short or prolonged time, you know it can be at least a minute dark and a little scary. If you&#;re still in the closet, just know that I&#;m sending you light. Coming out, letting your queerness be seen and celebrated can be wonderful. But the closet can undergo safe and familiar as good. You get to do that for as long as you want to and need to. It doesn&#;t make you any less queer. When you reach out, and who you arrive out to, is a deeply personal choice. If you execute choose t