BIO

Christa Orth (they/them) is a queer nonbinary creative non-fiction author and historian, with publications in the Lambda Literary Award winning anthology Portland Queer: Tales of the Rose City, Encyclopedia of American LGBT History and Culture, and VisualAIDS.org. Christa published the chapbook Don't Stop Me Now: How to Resist Drag Bans and Create Total Gender Liberation in 2024. They are a Lambda Literary Emerging Writers Fellow and the recipient of a University of Oregon Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Essay Award. Christa’s full-length book is coming soon: Queer Famous, a memoir about their drag king utopia.

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