Poem excerpts in order:

An American Poem, by Eileen Myles

Sisters in Arms, by Audre Lorde

Oh God, by Michelle Tea

The 17-Year-Old & the Gay Bar, by Danez Smith

Maybe I Need You, by Andrea Gibson

From Junk, by Tommy Pico

On Coming Out, by Lee Mokobe

Maybe I Need You, by Andrea Gibson

Our Precarious Joy, by Alok