Dictionary of the queer international, volume 1

Dictionary of the Queer International consists of words and phrases in local queer languages, including “Temotichesky” from Russia, “Beke” in the Philippines, “Polari” from the U.K., “Pajuba” in Brazil, among others. Fiks takes the Dictionary of the Queer International further and composes poems by mixing words and phrases from different local queer languages from around the world. Fiks’s queer internationalist poetry, presented as text on banners and designed by Katya Sivers, reimagines internationalism, evokes experiments in utopian language creation, and contributes to the queer critique of cultural imperialism and globalization.