Gina Paris Ellis Marks is a queer writer and bookseller located in St. Petersburg, Florida. Her writing examines cultural structures and power systems, focusing especially on how communities can come together to shape these dynamics. She believes in literature and third spaces as tools of resistance, community building, and networks of care. Find her pieces in The Sapphic Sun and San Pedro Gazette. For more pieces and other updates, follow her on Instagram @gpemarks and on her website, ginaparisellismarks.com.