#queer zines
Bay Area Queer Zine Fest is holding a two-day zine symposium at the Institute of Contemporary Art in San Francisco, United States on March 19th - 20th, 2022!
A selection of queer zines from my personal collection…
’Travesti’ by various anonymous contributors chronicles the lives of transvestites and trans women in Chile.
‘For Everard’ by Anthony Malone commemorates the forgotten victims of a 1977 fire at New York City’s Everard Baths.
’Fag School’ by Brontez Purnell features a mix of entertaining interviews, cruising spot reviews, gossip, photos and writing.
’Fundoshi Zine’ by Stefan Alexander is a collection of illustrations of men clad in this traditional (and often fetishised) Japanese loincloth.
“People Who Menstruate” by Rowan Frewin ✨
Printed in one colour (red, naturally) on A3-sized paper and folded into an A6 booklet, it chronicles examples of anti-trans media commentary, as well as real-life micro-aggressions / misgendering, which they’ve experienced.
When unfolded, it lists a number of U.K. trans charities and support organisations.
I found it at The Second Shelf, a trans-friendly bookshop in Soho, London, that sells a small selection of zines.
Available to buy from Rowan’s Etsy.
SomeIndonesian queer zines from the last few decades. Find out more about Indonesia’s queer zines.
Easily Grossed Out #2 by Gwenael Rattke
A queercore zine out of Rennes, France, published in the 1990s. This is the only issue archived on qzap (where you can read the rest) while most pages were in English, there are some sections in French.
Issue 2 of French queercore zine, Easily Grossed Out by Gwenael Rattke. Read it on the QZAP (Queer Zine Archive Project) site.
Front page of Twenty Minutes, February 1991
What a beautiful wedding notice on the front page of Twenty Minutes, February 1991. Read the full, digitised zine online (thanks to the Digital Transgender Archive.
Queer zines about neurodiversity and ableism by zinester Lex Kartanė (aka AiwsArt), available on Etsy.
Zinester Sheina made a travel zine about Vienna during the pandemic. A6, 16 pages and full colour.
Find it on Etsy.
Cute poster for New York Queer Zine Fair 2022 @ the Brooklyn Public Library.
One week left to apply as a contributor for the AroAce Pilot Zine, featuring aroace Keith from Voltron! Applications open until August 23rd.
Click here to apply!
We’re looking for artists, writers, and merch artists. Please fill out the form twice if you would like to apply as both an artist and a writer.
You’ll get an email from us by August 31st detailing whether you’ve been accepted as a contributor and in what role.
Thank you all for your support!
More information about this zine can be found on our Carrd.
Time is slowly trickling down!
If you haven’t gotten your copy yet, now’s your time, in the last wave of orders!