San Franshitshow

San Franshitshow is an emotional reckoning with self, love, and the world that unfolds amidst a turbulent gender transition upon arrival into a new city. It chronicles the pain of loss and of coming to terms with yourself in a world that would prefer you did not: how this struggle impacts every area of your life.

CAL CALAMIA (they/he) is a transmasculine poet, marathoner, educator, and inclusivity activist. Cal's firstcollection of poetry, San Franshitshow, was published in 2021 with Nomadic Press. A graduate turned teachingfellow of the MFA in Creative Writing program at the University of San Francisco, Cal is committed to increasing trans and non-binary visibility and elevating queer joy.