Headshot of Amir Rabiya
Shawn Poynter Photography

Amir Rabiyah (they/them) is a queer, trans, disabled, and mixed-race poet and librarian. They are the author of the poetry book Prayers for My 17th Chromosome (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2017) and coeditor of Writing the Walls Down: A Convergence of LGBTQ Voices (Trans-Genre Press, 2015). They are a VONA fellow, and their writing has appeared in Feminist Formations, Mizna, 580 Split, and Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics (Nightboat, 2013).