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by H. Melt “[Owner Jenne] Vailoces’ best friend, Dakota, died by suicide a few years ago...Dakota always encouraged her to pursue her bakery dreams, so she named Jennivee’s after the nickname he called her.” –Molly Sprayregen, Out Magazine The only trans owned business in chicago is a bakery between belmont & addison we gather after a late night out to indulge in a slice of purple velvet or mango cream cake glass windows allow everyone to see inside how sweet it is to open a door without fear to celebrate another day staying alive.  photo by Elmer Martinez H. Melt is a poet, artist, and educator whose work proudly celebrates Chicago’s queer and trans communities. They are the author of On My Way to Liberation and The Plural, The Blurring. H. Melt edited the anthology Subject to Change: Trans Poetry & Conversation. Their writing has appeared many places including the Chicago Reader, The Offing, and Them, the first trans literary journal in the United States. In 2017, Lambda Literary awarded them the Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging LGBTQ Writers. They’ve also been named to Newcity’s Lit 50 list, as well as Windy City Times’ 30 under 30. H. Melt works at Women & Children First, Chicago’s feminist bookstore. Comments are closed.
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