Gemma Lees

I’m a Romany Gypsy, disabled and autistic performance artist, poet, facilitator and journalist. My practise focuses on protest, advocacy and telling lesser-known stories. I’m a passionate advocate for GTRSB education and inclusion, having written many educational guides and working every year to promote and celebrate GRT History Month. My poetry which embodies quintessential Northerness, confronts anti-Gypsism and celebrates my intersectional identity has been performed in venues from tiny pubs to theatre stages, often infused with live art and comedy. I’m a frequent opinions columnist for ‘Traveller’s Times’ and my poetry collection ‘1000 Years’ is available from Written Off.