QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Zine of the Gay is back! gittings.qzap.org/buzzed-and-b... This week Arabella is writing about Teresa Chun-Wen Cheng's amazing Dykes and their Hair from 2008. 0148
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 11/09/2026While we're sad to see our neighbors at @woodlandpattern.bsky.social leaving the neighborhood, we're so excited for their next stanza! 🖤 shepherdexpress.com/news/communi...shepherdexpress.comFrom Riverwest to Bay View: Woodland Pattern on their big moveAfter over 40 years in Riverwest, Laura and Jenny of Woodland Pattern are honored to be caretakers of the poetry center’s history and next chapter. 032
Reposted by QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectSara D Gore @crouton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Hyperallergic covering the Austin zine community hyperallergic.com/inside-the-3...hyperallergic.comInside the 3,000-Zine Library in a Texas Living RoomMichelle Millette’s Sherwood Forest Zine Library in Austin is part of a growing culture and community surrounding the self-published, easy-to-distribute booklets. 1256
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 01/09/2026We are super happy and proud of our friend and former QZAP intern Lee on the release of their book The Politics of Lonely: Why is Friendship So Hard? which is coming out this month. Also, they'll be on tour over the next couple of weeks #queeracrosscanada #weloveitwhenourfriendsbecomesuccessful 172
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 26/08/2026We're so excited for our friends at @invisiblehistories.bsky.social new archive space in Charlotte, and of course dismayed that the legislators in Alabama can't seem to get their heads out their asses. 221
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 21/07/2026A very happy International Zine Libraries Day (July 21st) to all zine libraries and librarians around the world!!! 🥳 As is tradition, if you can, please honor this day by bringing the zine librarian in your life a donut or other sweet treat to celebrate the work and play that they do! 🍩 0118
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 20/07/2026We are incredibly grateful to be the recipient of one of this year's Jen Angel Anarchist Media Grants. About a year ago we ran out of space to store all of the queer zines that have been donated or acquired by our archive, and this grant's funding will be going to rectify that. #circleaarchivists 31610
Reposted by QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectLady Froldmagen (she/her) @zinelib.bsky.social · 19/07/2026www.peoplenewspapers.com/news/2026/07... Reminder that Tuesday is International Zine Library Day. Bring your zine librarian vegan doughnuts. It's tradition. I don't make the rules.* *okay but me and my friends did invent the daypeoplenewspapers.comPreston Royal Library to Host Zines Workshop`On Tuesday, July 21, from 2-3 p.m., the Preston Royal Branch of the Dallas Public Library will host a workshop about the history of zines and how to create them.` What are zines? Zines (pronounced ze... 1144
Reposted by QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectComic Book Club @comicbookclub.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The legendary Roberta Gregory joins the podcast to talk about BITCHY!: The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken, a collection of her classic comics from Fantagraphics.comicbookclublive.comComic Book Club Bonus: Roberta GregoryThe legendary Roberta Gregory joins the podcast to talk about BITCHY!: The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken, a collection of her classic comics from Fantagraphics. 0169
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Up the Academy – From the Punked Out Files of The Queer Zine Archive Project #4 is the newest edition of our ”research publication” zine that explores scholarship and research about queer zines done by folks working at or visiting QZAP. Available here: gittings.qzap.org/qzap-swag/up... 0106
Reposted by QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectLady Froldmagen (she/her) @zinelib.bsky.social · 06/07/2026It’s wild when libraries embrace and celebrate punk zine collections. I love to see it! 0154
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 03/07/2026We're back with a Zine of the Gay! This time June is talking about Oi Boy! No.7 from 1993 and the lost art of letter writing in zines. gittings.qzap.org/digging-thro... 0144
Reposted by QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectMilo @miloblue.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Tomorrow begins International Zine Month 2026! @alexwrekk.bsky.social, creator of IZM, has posted her annual promo poster, along with an accessible text list over at stolensharpierevolution.org/internationa... July 21 is Int'l Zine Library Day! Bring your favorite zine librarians donuts 📓🍩 0147
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 29/06/2026We were reminded over the weekend that the Dirtybird 96 Queercore Festival happened 30 years ago in San Francisco! Check out Larry-bob's website chronicling the bands, films and venues of a bi-gone era: holytitclamps.com/dirtybird/ 044
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 26/06/2026we're super stoked to note that #alaac26 coincides with Pride this year, and we really hope that folks heading to @zinelibraries.bsky.social Zine Pavilion also take the opportunity to go to the Chicago Dyke March! We're at both (in spirit 👻) 1205
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Our friends at Laughing Grackle Zine Distro are seeking submissions of quarter-size zines to add to their new-to-them spinner rack. Quarter-size here is 4.25"x5.5", or ¼ U.S. Letter-sized paper 064
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Part of teaching about queer zines and queer history is talking about the affair between Secret Heart Ken and Earring Magic Ken in the mid 1990s. This officially licensed post card was produced in 1994, just one year after Ken came out. Happy Pride, Y’all 0147
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Holy Shit! QZAP friend @sheerspite.bsky.social has zinified Teleny by Oscar Wilde. Once censored as smutty smut, now punk as fuck! 193
Reposted by QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectSol J Brager @soljbrager.bsky.social · 06/06/2026I’m looking for additional adjunct work for the fall if anyone’s departments are hiring (nyc)— I have taught extensively in comics making and comics studies, history, media studies, gender studies, and writing (both composition and creative). Pass your tips? 🙏🏼 012
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 05/06/2026This is coming up this weekend! Finally!!! Happy queer pride and happy queer wrath month. 032
Reposted by QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectChristopher Wilde @chrisqzap.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Cool show opens 5 Jun at the new Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration in Central London, UK. Queer as Comics features work by @rachaelhouse.bsky.social and others. qbcentre.org.uk/exhibitions/...qbcentre.org.ukQueer as comics | Quentin Blake Centre for IllustrationWe are the UK’s first and only charity for illustration - art that communicates stories and ideas - founded by illustrator Quentin Blake. 184
Reposted by QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectMilo @miloblue.bsky.social · 19/05/2026A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of talking with Maira on the Long Arm Stapler podcast. www.buzzsprout.com/2532068/epis... 083
Reposted by QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectViolet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 18/05/2026This Weds May 20th, attend a free webinar about hosting zine programming in your library! "Cut, Paste, Create: Designing Memorable Zine Workshops" will include tips for running the most exciting, accessible, & engaging zine programs possible. washstatelib.libcal.com/event/16793329 📚 #zineswashstatelib.libcal.comCut, Paste, Create: Designing Memorable Zine WorkshopsRecently within the LIS field there has been increased interest in zines, zine libraries, and zine creation programs. Zines are an exciting way to encourage patrons’... 24838
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 15/05/2026We are super excited to announce that we’re collaborating with our friends at SEEN and Cactus+ to bring The Lollipop Generation by one of the pioneers of Queercore, filmmaker, artist and zinester G.B. Jones, back to Milwaukee. 162
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 08/05/2026New Zine of the Gay!! This time Rowan wrote about Raptor Fancy out of southern California from the 2010s (and finished their BFA in the process!!* Go Rowan!) gittings.qzap.org/raptor-jesus/ #raptorfancy #zineofthegay #gaydinosaurs *unrelated to ZotG 082
Reposted by QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectFANZINES @fanzines.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Black Zine Fair returns to New York City on Saturday, May 9, 2026 (11am-6pm): blackzinefair.org The fair features 100+ tablers, 10 workshops, a reading room curated by writer/educator Kameelah Janan Rasheed, a take-a-zine-leave-a-zine station, a zine-making station & more! Spread the word! #zines 0188
Reposted by QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectMarc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 01/05/2026I made a new Public Collectors postcard! The text is extracted from something I posted here about 6 months ago. The design came to me in a dream (or night of bad sleep). Mail them to friends who need a creative nudge to self-publish. They are 4 for $3.00 from halfletterpress.com/leave-a-reco... 10624174
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 24/04/2026We're back after a busy couple of weeks with a new Zine of the Gay post! This week Erica wrote about Hello Pussy #1, a multi-lingual zine from 2003 that explores sex, gender and Hello Kitty. gittings.qzap.org/hello-pussy/gittings.qzap.orgCoolest Cat on the Block – Hello Pussy! #1 - QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectWith a cover so striking and in-your-face, Hello Pussy! #1 hides nothing from the reader. It is a compilation art zine written by drag artist Mimi, which they created while studying abroad in Amsterda... 163
Reposted by QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectJohn Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social · 19/04/2026ANNOUNCING! COMIX LAB with JOHN P. and LYNDA B.!!! ONE-DAY COMICS WORKSHOP with John Porcellino and Lynda Barry Saturday May 30, 2026 10 am to 4 pm Madison, Wisconsin (Exact class location revealed upon enrollment) No Experience, No Problem! This class is for anyone and everyone! 1/3 --> 12911
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 10/04/2026We're working on getting our shit together a whole week ahead of time this year! Come visit @chrisqzap.bsky.social and @tea-spo0n.bsky.social who will be tabling for us this year while M is at UMD w/ @zinelib.bsky.social. 020
Reposted by QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectLady Froldmagen (she/her) @zinelib.bsky.social · 09/04/2026I'm moderating a panel with my ZFF @miloblue.bsky.social from the @qzap.bsky.social, @jrdarchivist.bsky.social of the DC Punk Archive and students Diya Shah & Alexa Boltaz who edit a campus zine. It's at UMD on Sat 4/18. Join us! We'll talk about important stuff that makes you feel good, not bad. 12915
Reposted by QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectMilo @miloblue.bsky.social · 30/03/2026While zines have been made by folks in an ongoing movement of self-publishing since the late 1970s and are (sub)culturally relevant always, somehow they've been "making a comeback" in the last year or two. 🙄 4101
Reposted by QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectEmma Morris @curtainlecture.bsky.social · 27/03/2026🌻Planting Seeds: An Indigenous Zine Fest hosted by ZINEmercado and @newberrylibrary.bsky.social on May 16 at The Newberry!🌻 www.newberry.org/calendar/zin...newberry.orgPlanting Seeds: An Indigenous Zine FestJoin ZINEmercado and the Newberry Library for a Zine Fest showcasing Indigenous artists. 13620
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Oh, HAY!! It's time for another Zine of the Gay! This week Erica is looking at just a few of the many 8 page mini-zines that we have in the collection. gittings.qzap.org/small-but-mi...gittings.qzap.orgSmall But Mighty – The Eight Page Mini-Zine! - QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectWhat do Emily Dickinson, anthropomorphic shapes, a questionnaire, and Barbie dolls have in common? Well, it sure sounds like one hell of a party, but they’re the topic of eight-paged zines available t... 081
Reposted by QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectChristopher Wilde @chrisqzap.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Cool to see this in print! I contributed Chapter 11 From Mutiny to Community: Establishing Best Practices for Queer Zine Archives. Thanks to editors Vance Byrd and Javier Samper Vendrell for inviting me to write! 1133
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Woke up thinking about this sticker folio from ACT-UP Chicago circa 1990ish. archive.qzap.org/index.php/De... #actup #actupfightback #nowar #fightaids 084
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Happy Sunday! A new Zine of the Gay dropped this morning. Rowan vs The Volcano 🌋 gittings.qzap.org/eruption-imm... 0113
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 18/02/2026New Zine of the Gay post!! This week Erica writes about Pathologize This!, the mental health comp zine by Sarah Tea Rex from 2008. gittings.qzap.org/pathologize-... 032
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 13/02/2026W00t! It's a new Zine of the Gay! This week Rowan takes a look at Queers, Families, and the Squat Community from 2011 Amsterdam. gittings.qzap.org/queer-family... 073
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 09/02/2026We're getting ready to have this exact conversation with our writing interns tomorrow. Yes, words have been weaponized against us. Also, those same words have contributed to us finding ourselves and each other and building communities and fighting back, too. 052
Reposted by QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectViolet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 06/02/2026If you're near Minneapolis on Saturday, please consider coming out to the Twin Cities Zine Fest, where we'll have 80+ zinesters sharing their #zines & free workshops! tczinefest.org/tczf-2026/ #TCZF2026 If you're elsewhere, please send good vibes, we could use some fun. 06329
Reposted by QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectInvisible Histories @invisiblehistories.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Who needs lions, tigers, and bears when you've got bags, flags, and merch! Do you have small items related to Southern LGBTQ history that you'd like us to preserve? Check out our website for how to contact us and let's save that history together. 0109
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 30/01/2026The new Zine of the Gay post is up! We've got a cohort of students who will be updating the QZAP blog this semester. They'll be exploring zines from our collections and writing about them every week or so. To start us off, Erica is taking on Some Boys Bleed gittings.qzap.org/i-knew-a-boy...gittings.qzap.orgI Knew a Boy who Bled - QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectTrigger Warning for mentions of suicide attempts Some Boys Bleed is a zine written by Samb about his experience with dysphoria and how he eventually overcame it. The zine seeks to help other trans peo... 0102
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 22/01/2026@soljbrager.bsky.social's latest comic about watching and analyzing historic queer adult films is incredible, and seems very adjacent to some of the work we do at QZAP. 062
Reposted by QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectMilo @miloblue.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Amid the chaos and pain of this week, a couple of good things: My partner-in-crime @chrisqzap.bsky.social has a chapter in Queer Print Cultures, which came out a few days ago, and I'm incredibly happy for him and all the other authors and editors... utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...utppublishing.comQueer Print Cultures - University of Toronto Press 1102
Reposted by QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Projectsheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 19/12/2025For anyone who struggles with gender-neutral language while speaking French, this zine will help! Free download: sheerspite.ca/product/se-f... Print version, $0-3: sheerspite.ca/product/se-f... 02210
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 18/12/2025We've got a new post up at QZAP talking about the grant that we just received from @sfsisters.bsky.social ! We're beyond thankful and honored to have been chosen as a recipient this cycle. gittings.qzap.org/sisters-act/ 082
Reposted by QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectIn These Times @inthesetimes.com · 15/12/2025As anti-queer backlash and state erasure intensify, citizen archivists are fighting back by saving LGBTQ+ history before it disappears. Groups like @invisiblehistories.bsky.social and the @qzap.bsky.social show how preservation becomes resistance. inthesetimes.com/article/figh... 14420
Reposted by QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive ProjectInvisible Histories @invisiblehistories.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Last week we picked up two pronoun buttons from someone who worked at a now closed university diversity office. This one hit hard as one of our founders used to work there. While it's egregious these services are being shut down, we are working to make sure their history is saved. 0132
QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project @qzap.bsky.social · 12/12/2025The other night we were working with our 22yo undergrad intern, and were trying to explain how "bar rags" fit into a broader view of queer publishing. We were showing them some of the copies of InStep and came across these listings of top dance music from the gay bars from this week in 1984. 183