It Was Never Going to Be Okay queer studies In a world that requires

In a world that requires knowledge and wisdom to address developing crises around us

Speakers from across generations shared poems that showcased the aesthetic of the written word and aimed to spread interest in reading and writing in O'odham

short stories and plays encompass the soul of Native life

A great westward migration carried the Ojibwe people to this place

bringing us into the overlapping worlds of white colonists and Indigenous peoples in this formative period

It Was Never Going to Be Okay queer studies In a world that requiresit was never going to be okay is a collection of poetry and prose exploring the intimacies of understanding intergenerational trauma, Indigeneity and queerness, while addressing urban Indigenous diaspora and breaking down the limitations of sexual understanding as a trans woman. As a way to move from the linear timeline of healing and coming to terms with how trauma does not exist in subsequent happenings, it was never going to be okay tries to break