Jackie Domenus

Mid Atlantic Arts booth at AWP conference with purple and neon yellow banner behind two people sitting. Books and paper handouts covering table.

Two people speaking in front of a mic with a backdrop of black polka dot wall art.

Audience in seats at a reading venue.

Pile of books, stickers, and other merch acquired at AWP conference.

AWP was chaotic and wonderful as usual. Happy to connect with so many new writing folks and catch up with friends. Also very pleased with my haul this year - can’t wait to dig in!

Great night and music by #QUEENHD and drinks and connections and readings and fundraiser and friends! #AWP #AWPWRITER @jackiedwrites.bsky.social @nonbinarypapi.bsky.social @jendireiter.bsky.social @driftwoodpress.bsky.social

Also…our offsite reading is an easy 10 min walk from the convention center AND raises money for trans youth. Just sayin’.

JACKIE DOMENUS at AWP 2026 MID ATLANTIC ARTS Booth 505 (3/5 - 3/7) THE BODY POLITIC: A TRANS & NONBINARY READING The Black Genius Art Show - 106 N Eutaw St. Suite 1 Baltimore, MD21201 (3/5 @ 6PM) BOOK SIGNING Booth 305 - Queer Love Project (3/6 @ 11AM) HARD TIMES REQUIRE FURIOUS DANCING 4 N. Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21201 (3/6 @ 6:30PM)

Here’s where I’ll be this week!

Wooden desk with open laptop, sticky notes, pen, stack of books, and microphone/headphones. Window behind desk shows snow covered ground outside.

White garage door with painted dark blue circle and light blue lotus flower, next to a light purple entry door.

Spent last week at Sunlit Residency in Ithaca, NY. The residency honors Dr. Su-Je Lee Gage and her dedication to human rights and social justice. I feel so lucky to have had the week to reset and re-focus on my creative work.

Thank you Rachel! 😭💜

Back of audience members heads at a reading.

Back of audience members heads at a reading.

Back of audience members heads at a reading.

At each reading or event while launching this book, I set the bar on the floor and knew I’d be happy if 2 or 3 people showed, but at each and every one, I was stunned to see seats filled. I am forever grateful to my publisher and to everyone who has been a part of this journey so far.

No Offense is officially one year old. I’ll never forget the feeling of holding this thing I worked so hard to create in my hands for the first time. This last year has been a whirlwind.

Headed to a writing residency next week and looking for book/essay recs on the theme of “control,” especially in relation to gender, mental illness, death/grief. Can be very specifically related or broadly related. I’ll take whatever ya got!

Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...

Concentration camps:

“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."

Come join me, @jackiedwrites.bsky.social @nonbinarypapi.bsky.social @jendireiter.bsky.social for a GREAT #queer @southernequality.bsky.social cause (admission and drinks free) AND DJ QUEEN HD !!!

Foldable sign outside of Five Guys restaurant reading “now serving: patty melt” with white lettering and red background

Ok but why did I think this was about a drag queen named Patty Melt who was currently serving?

Support Independent Journalism | GF

Georgia Fort's is chilling, and it's being overshadowed by the equally chilling arrest of Don Lemon.

A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website:

www.georgiafort.com/support

Light blue tie dye t-shirt with the words “Abolish Ice - Keep families together” in the style of Icee brand blue and red logo with polar bear

My fav Christmas gift this year.

And if you can afford it, buy physical copies. Now more than ever, we need to archive what we can. Digital can no longer be trusted. Especially in this day when our own information can be easily modified or deleted. Let’s get back to actually owning things and preserve a library for the future.

A news report screenshot. There's a grim reaper. The chyron says "Yikes! Stay tuned."

Me every morning in this fucking country

@jbrookewrites.bsky.social

Event flyer: THE BODY POLITIC: A TRANS & NONBINARY READING & DISSUSSION Ralsing Funds For TRANS YOUTH EMERGENCY PROJECT featuring J Brooke, Kelsey L. Smoot, Jendi Reiter, Jackie Domenus FREE COCKTAILS & GREAT MUSIC! Thursday March 5, 2026, 6:00-7:30pm The Black Genius Art Show 106 N. Eutaw St. Suite 1 Baltimore, MD 21201

Trans Youth Emergency Project flyer reading: WE HELP FAMILIES OF TRANS YOUTH THROUGH THE MAZE OF ACCESSING HEALTH CARE IN THIS TIME OF CRISIS PATIENT NAVIGATION to care providers unimpacted by restrictions TRANS YOUTH EMERGENCY "PROJECT TRAVEL GRANTS to help get your family to your appointment WRAPAROUND SUPPORT with resources and resilience tools GET SUPPORT www.TransYouthEmergencyProject.org

If you’re going to #AWP26 and you want to support trans youth and you also love free drinks, save the date!

Book cover for Hot Girls with Balls by Benedict Nguyen (Catapult): Romance featured in 100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025 (https://lithub.com/100-notable-small-press-books-of-2025/): " This is a book for the cynical romance reader, for someone who wants to see characters’ obsessive and jealous tendencies and how we tear each other apart online for likes. With its addictive social media lingo, you won’t be able to stop reading about the relationship between Six and Green, two trans women playing in the competitive and ruthless male volleyball league." https://books.catapult.co/books/hot-girls-with-balls/

🧵 5/5 ... Hot Girls with Balls by Benedict Nguyen (@catapultbooks.bsky.social) & No Offense by Jackie Domenus (@emergejournal.bsky.social). See alt-text!

@jackiedwrites.bsky.social @xbennyboo.bsky.social #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #SmallPress #books #bookish #BooksWorthReading #booktok #booklovers

Not to mention another officer clapping as the man is being shot.

It's particularly galling to call for ICE to wear body cams when Renee Good's murder literally recorded the whole thing on his phone. He was so confident in his impunity as part of that organization that he recorded and allowed for the release of footage of him shooting a woman at point blank.

I have been working out fairly consistently for the last 5 weeks or so and I am sorry to report that it does in fact have a positive impact on my mental health. 🙄

For me, one of the most disturbing parts of Renee Good’s murder has been the photos from inside the vehicle. Blood everywhere among her and her family’s every day mundanities: a sticker-covered water bottle, gloves, kids toys. It was just another day, and then it wasn’t.

There is nothing that is happening in 2026 that’s not built on a solid base of white supremacy. If you are outraged by ICE (and you should be) look closely at how the police behave in your own community. It started there.

Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting "They killed my wife," the distraught woman says, adding, "They shot her in the head." An ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman who was driving an SUV in Minneapolis on Wednesday. / Screenshot/@Breaking911

"They killed my wife. I don't know what to do," the woman says through sobs in the footage, with a damaged SUV visible in the distance behind her. "We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head," the woman cries. "We have a six-year-old at school," she says, almost unable to breathe, as a chaotic scene in which federal officers prevented at least one doctor who was on the scene from assisting the shot victim unfolds. "We're new here," the distraught woman says in despair.

You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.

This could be you.

Large carabiner for hooking bags onto a baby stroller

They are selling these at the secondhand baby clothes store in case you wanna raise your child to be a lesbian.

I actually honestly don’t understand the whole AI thing. Not in the like “oh I’m so cool I’m the only one who doesn’t care about this suddenly popular thing” way, but in a “genuinely have never used chat gpt or ever felt the want/need to” kinda way. Like…ppl want to be less creative? Couldn’t be me.

NO OFFENSE: A Memoir In Essays | ELJ Editions When Jackie "came out" in 2014, right as the Trump era was revving up, she began paying closer attention to the questions, uncomfortable reactions, and pointed assumptions about sexuality and gender s...

And if you read this essay and want more…here’s the link to order No Offense directly from my publisher! Support small press books!

I Had Life-Changing Surgery The Same Week A Nonbinary Teen Died. It Made Me Face A Sinister Truth. "There was something disturbing about waking up from anesthesia as a new person while a family prepared to say their final goodbyes to their loved one."

A lot happened for me in 2025, namely publishing a book and becoming a parent. Of course, I want people to read my book, but if you want something quicker, I’m also extremely proud of this piece I wrote for HuffPost early in the year. Support gender affirming care for all!

What queer books deserved more love? Amelia Possanza and Michael Narkunski joined me to talk about the reading we enjoyed this past year and what we're excited about in 2026.

Plus, No Offense managed to sneak into @queerloveproject.bsky.social’s 2025 “What Queer Books Deserved More Love?” discussion. QLP published one of my essays this year as well and if you’re not subscribed to their substack, you’re missing out on so much wholesome queer content.