! W O W ! What a whirlwind of a weekend (October 19th & 20th), y’all! What a beautiful gathering of zine fam— got to see so many friends, comrades and beloveds and make new ones too!
We moved 20 copies of our latest inside/outside collaborative benefit zine “Free All Dykes” and got to funds to our comrade Rene‘s partner Ángel (read more here about hir case and needs)! We didn’t reach our overall fundraising goal, but we got real close! A resounding THANKS to everyone who stopped by our table this past weekend to learn more about our work, snag a zine, or grab harm reduction supplies!
Shoutout to the spicy “Adult Content” alley crew we tabled amongst this year—y’all are pals for life!! 💋James Scott, Ben Jarvis, Bodies Too Bare, Miles + Grayson + Ren, and Thomas Torres 💋 We also loved seeing pals Sherwood Forest Zine Library, Texas Trans Futures, and Monkey Wrench tables stay busy all damn day!
LSZF always feels so damn affirming and special—queers and trans folx always to the front, loads of representation from across the state, no one being weird about sex work, loads of resistance and mutual aid work, an abundance of love for each other and a hatred of borders. Deep appreciation to all the organizers and volunteers–y’all went above and beyond supporting us vendors! Here’s to you @lszinefest 💘
So where can you find us next?
TEXAS: We’ll be tabling for the FIRST TIME EVER at Zine Fest Houston, on Saturday, November 16th at The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art [Noon – 6PM]!
NYC: Ongoing campaigns we support, that you can uplift and learn more about — Bluestockings Cooperative is one of our political homes, please help keep their doors open by shopping with them, becoming a member, or snagging a shirt! We are founding member-comrades of DecrimNY & Red Canary Song, and they recently held a press conference demanding an immediate end to Operation Restore Roosevelt – a harmful 90-day policing campaign launched by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams to violently remove street vendors & sex workers from our street by deploying state & local troops to our communities. RCS is also suing the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) over their failure to respond to Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests to release documents related to inspections and enforcement against massage parlors. You can read more about their suit, here.
CHICAGO: Our comrade Donna|Dante is holding down beautiful community work with ARTEMPLE –a not-for-profit community arts center envisioned to serve Chicago’s South/Southeast sides. Planned for 9546 S. Ewing Ave. — the historic St. George church complex — ARTEMPLE aims to create a safe haven and beacon of hope, building creative community and transforming lives through art. Follow their work here. Our comrade E. wants to remind you that Quimby’s carries most of our zine titles in-store, and our comrade DoubleA has new work published, and a book forthcoming! Stay tuned!
ONLINE: There are a number of on-going fundraising efforts we want to amplify. We’re actively supporting a cohort of queer and trans s*x working parents and caregivers with incarceration experiences–you can visit our donate page or purchase a shirt to join us! Our networks have been moving funds to comrade-workers facing immense hardship from Hurricane Helene, join us by giving to this GFM for dancers and/or this mutual aid fund hosted by the Pansy Collective. As always, we want to make sure our beloveds over at Whose Corner Is It Anyway get the crucial support they need–learn more about their work and support them here.
