by Jack Knoxville | Apr 22, 2024 | Take Back the Narrative
What does 'Visibility' mean to...
by Jack Knoxville | Oct 17, 2023 | Take Back the Narrative, Uncategorized
Happy Black Poetry Day! This day means so much to me. As a teenager growing up in a small town in Kentucky, I was given the opportunity to attend the Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts back in 2011. I was accepted into the Creative Writing program, where most of...
by Jack Knoxville | Oct 17, 2023 | Take Back the Narrative, Uncategorized
In 1827, the English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian Samuel Taylor Coleridge defined poetry as “the best words in the best order.” He further wrote, “When we write, we string words together like beads, ever mindful of color and shape, the powerful...
by Jack Knoxville | Oct 17, 2023 | Take Back the Narrative, Uncategorized
Jack Knoxville is the founder and Executive Director of Trans Empowerment Project. In addition to his activism, Jack is also a prolific writer and poet. In celebration of Black Poetry Day, here is a sampling of some of Jack’s work. I’m too Angry I’m too angry...
by Jack Knoxville | Mar 30, 2023 | Take Back the Narrative, Uncategorized
A narrative on identity and art by artist, filmmaker, and professor K Pontuti I grew up in a small farm town in Ohio at a time where there wasn’t any language around queerness or transness—at least nothing positive. It was also a time without the internet so...
by Jack Knoxville | Mar 15, 2023 | Take Back the Narrative
In the burgeoning digital age, it is not uncommon for couples to meet online, and this is exactly how El and Elliott first connected. Elliott submitted a personals ad looking for friendship and dates, and El excitedly answered the call. During their first in-person...