looking for gay poetry publishers

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looking for gay poetry publishers

Hello all

Gay poet looking for a reputable gay publisher for my collection of gay poems called Advancing Backwards.
Here's an example taken from the collection.

FIGS

Remember when, you probably won’t –
not that it’s too long ago,
that funny sunny faraway day
when things were just perfect and everything smelled of
cheap after-shave?
You probably don’t –
we shared rude jokes,
mine, silly; yours, needing to be explained.

And when it rained, remember that? Remember
the spit of summer showers - the monkey’s wedding,
you said, that’s what they call it, ‘cos it happens at the same time,
like our getting a hiding after stealing –
was it figs? – you know I think it was, figs,
there’s a funny word,
like friend. Figs – and God it hurt,
that hiding,
that beating for telling others I saw you cry.
Although I never said a word about the wet pants, I swear.

And remember when we went off to university?
You grew up so fast. But you still told me things,
like why God doesn’t exist, and why, when things go wrong,
there’s usually someone to blame, like the government.
And remember when they locked you up? When you
carried that rude banner protesting about
something I can’t remember.
And all because you were bunking off lectures.
I can’t forget
that it was me you called instead of your folks.

Remember, nah – I know there’s no point,
I was your best man at both your weddings,
and I was really happy for you, twice.

And remember when I told you about my boyfriend James,
remember that day? When it rained while the sun shone,
when you nodded while I went on and on,
like you probably do now about your grandchildren.

Who can remember?
There’s nowt as queer as folk.

Yet, I cannot believe that you have forgotten
the very last day that we ever spoke.

©Alan David Pritchard

(Selected for publication: Coffee House Poetry Magazine Issue 9: 2005)

Does anyone have any suggestions please?

tHANKS
ALAN