Sossity Chiricuzio is a queer femme outlaw poet, a working-class crip storyteller. What her friends’ parents often referred to as a bad influence, and possibly still do. She writes as activism, connection, and survival, and is half of the performance duo Sparkle & truth. Her work has also appeared in a variety of publications including The Rumpus, Salty, Adrienne, Argot, Lunch Ticket, F(r)iction, and Gertrude, and anthologies like The Remedy: Queer And Trans Voices On Health And Health Care, Glitter and Grit: Queer Performance from the Heels on Wheels Femme Galaxy, Not My President, and Leather Ever After.