Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (born April 21, 1975) is a Canadian-American poet, writer, educator and social activist. Their writing and performance art focuses on documenting the stories of queer and trans people of color, abuse survivors, mixed-race people and diasporic South Asians and Sri Lankans. A central concern of their work is the interconnection of systems of colonialism, abuse and violence. They are also a writer and organizer within the disability justice movement.
They are queer, non-binary, and disabled.[1]
- ^ Gentes, Brian (2020-05-13). "5 Questions with Jeanne Córdova Prize Winner Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2022-01-19.