Mackenzie Beninati
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Mackenzie Boyer is a poet and runner who was born in Colorado Springs. Since 2011, she was involved with the UCCS spoken word club, FREEX, and soon after, she got involved with the poetry organization Hear, Here! Through Hear, Here! and individually, she has competed and won both regional and national slam poetry competitions. [2]
Mackenzie released her book Sexy Train Things at a Keep Colorado Springs Queer open mic and book release party on January 17, 2018 at The Quaill Club. The book and the poetry within are a reflection of her transness and her work as a cog railway laborer.[2:1]
My transness is not happening to me
Any more than salt happens to the sea
Any more than blood happens to the heart
Mackenzie at the release of her book Sexy Train Things at the Quaill Club. [4]
Mackenzie lived at the The Quaill Club from 2017 until she moved to Utah with her husband Jack Beninati.
Key Dates
| - January 17, 2018 - Mackenzie Beninati releases her book Sexy Train Things at a Keep Colorado Springs Queer open mic at The Quaill Club. |
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References
Beninati, Mackenzie. Photo of Mackenzie Beninati. n.d. Photograph. Accessed February 13, 2026. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=474802527835042&set=a.474802497835045. ↩︎
Beedle, Heidi. “Local Poet Releases Book Exploring Transness, Trains and Identity | | Colorado Springs |.” Queer & There. Colorado Springs Independent, January 17, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20190715220145/https://m.csindy.com/coloradosprings/local-poet-releases-book-exploring-transness-trains-and-identity/Content?oid=9923108. ↩︎ ↩︎
Beninati, Mackenzie. Sexy Train Things. Mackenzie Beninati, 2018. Chapbook. ↩︎
Wilkinson, Nico. Mackenzie Beninati at Sexy Train Things Book Release. January 17, 2018. Photograph. ↩︎