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Christa Orth (they/them) is a queer nonbinary creative non-fiction writer and historian, and the author of the chapbook Don't Stop Me Now: How to Resist Drag Bans and Create Total Gender Liberation. Christa is published in the Lambda Literary Award winning anthology Portland Queer: Tales of the Rose City, The Encyclopedia of American LGBT History and Culture, and VisualAIDS.org. Christa is a Lambda Literary 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.

Christa is also a fundraising consultant for social justice organizations across the globe – check out Seaworthy Fundraising. ...more

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Don’t Stop Me Now: How to Resist Drag Bans and Create Total Gender Liberation

4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2024

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Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

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Thank You For Calling the Lesbian Line

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She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)

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