We Are Not This

Over two dozen writers from North Carolina or with deep ties to the Tarheel State band together to raise money for LGBTQ charities in Charlotte and North Carolina as a response to the NC General Assembly's passage of HB2, the "bathroom bill."

We are not discrimination.
We are not hate.
We are not fear.
We are not oppression.
We Are Not This.

We are -

John G. Hartness
A.J. Hartley
David Childers
Stuart Jaffe
Natania Barron
Faith Naff
Nicole Givens Kurtz
Melissa McArthur
Jason Gilbert
Joanne Spataro
Edmund Schubert
Jay Requard
Michael G. Williams

And many more. We are raising our voices and raising money for non-profits in our community and our state.

Proceeds from the sale of this anthology will go to support LGBTQ charities and non-profits in North Carolina.

Over two dozen writers from North Carolina or with deep ties to the Tarheel State band together to raise money for LGBTQ charities in Charlotte and North Carolina as a response to the NC General Assembly's passage of HB2, the "bathroom bill."

We are not discrimination.
We are not hate.
We are not fear.
We are not oppression.
We Are Not This.

Table of Contents

TL;DR by Michael G. Williams
Trapped by Theresa Glover
The Slave Trader's Wedding by A.J. Hartley
In the Pasture by David Childers
The Gem of Acitus by Jay Requard
The Map of the Way by Kay McSpadden
For Small Creatures Such as We by Jennifer Julian
Behind the Canvas by Caryn Sutorus
Hair Shirt Drag by Gordon White
Another Way by S.H. Roddey
Ebony by Andrea Judy
A Rose, A Dragon by T. Frock
One-Up-One-Down by Jake Bible
Out of the Shadows by Darin Kennedy
The Seventh Sunrise by James P. McDonald
The Butcher's Witch by Stuart Jaffe
Headstrong by Nicole Givens Kurtz
Buttons by Gail Z. Martin
A Dear, Lovely Thing by Natania Barron
Scorpio Rising by C.R.R. Lavene
The Color of Love by Tamsin Silver
Our Lady of the Flowers Saved My Life by Charlotte Henley Babb
Threshold Sanctuary by Erin Penn
God Don't Like Ugly by Tonia Brown
My Name by Calandra Usher
The Soldier Who Swung at the End of a Thread by M. David Blake
Inverted Perception by Faith Naff
Missing Muse by Melissa McArthur
Bog by Trevor Curtis
Lovebite by Jason Gilbert
The Dark Lady by Lucy Blue
Rallying for Regular Lives by Joanne Spataro