The 2026 Austin Anarchist Bookfair fostered valuable connections among activists and local groups, despite not reaching fundraising goals. Attendees engaged in discussions on harm reduction, sex work destigmatization, and mutual aid. How can you support? Start reading groups, engage with harm reduction organizations, and participate in fundraising efforts for our marginalized communities.
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Summer Reflections & Asks
This summer, we launched a relief fund for sex workers affected by Texas floods and participated in zine fests in Chicago, distributing vital supplies. We’re urgently searching for our missing comrade, Nona. New projects include support for sex worker parents and the formation of a Chicago Whores Caucus to enhance solidarity and organizing efforts.
Trans Day of Visibility & Comrade Projects
Join Gender Unbound’s annual Trans Day of Visibility Community Picnic and Artist Market in Austin, TX on Saturday, March 29th! Enjoy music, amazing vendors, and grab a limited free copy of their debut publication, The Pink Pages. Also, support Karina Hagelin’s Kickstarter for the Survivor Affirmation Deck, a vibrant collection of affirmation cards for healing survivors. Engage in collaborative learning around non-police crisis response with Just Practice and check out new zines addressing important issues.
Remembering & Uplifting Beloved LaJuana Lampkins: Her Life, Art, and Struggle
LaJuana Lampkins, a beloved Chicago artist and activist, passed away on February 26, 2025. Known for her fierce friendship, art, and advocacy against police brutality, she touched many lives. Her son, Sir Gerald, seeks support for her memorial service while honoring her legacy of creativity, love, and justice.
ISWRD zine nite!
Celebrate International Sex Workers Rights Day! ☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️ Monday, March 3rd from 5-7pm, join comrades from the Support Ho(s)e Collective for an evening of crafting and zine making at Monkeywrench Books. Build community with other Central Texas SWers and accomplices! ❤️🔥 We’ll make a new collaborative zine together, and have our existing zines available for purchaseContinue reading “ISWRD zine nite!”
Save the date: December 21st is the next Dante’s Originals
🦋Disfruta poemas de hierbas compartidos en español de poetas locales. 🤎Descansa en asientos suaves por orden de llegada. 🍵Compre café, té y dulces frescos de alta calidad (opciones infundidas y no infundidas disponibles). 🦋Enjoy poems on herbal healing shared in Spanish by local poets. 🤎Soft seating first come first served. 🍵Purchase tea, coffee and delicaciesContinue reading “Save the date: December 21st is the next Dante’s Originals”
San Antonio en la lucha!
The Texas crew participated in their first San Antonio Zine Fest, engaging with the community and promoting queer and BIPOC media. They shared free resources, connected with various activist groups, and bonded with fellow zinesters. Future events include initiatives in Chicago, focusing on the rights and safety of marginalized communities. The team’s experience highlighted the importance of collaboration and networking among radicals.
Heart Eyes for Houston!
On November 16th, we participated in Zine Fest Houston, celebrating the vibrant DIY community and connecting with comrades from various cities. We exceeded our fundraising goal and launched our new zine addressing whorephobia. We distributed harm reduction materials and engaged in discussions on crucial topics like abortion access. While our collective isn’t recruiting, we encourage community involvement through reading groups, harm reduction work, and supporting marginalized workers. Join us at upcoming events in San Antonio and Chicago.
SxHx Tabling @ ZineMercado(s)!
🖤👀Tabling alert Chicago!!!❤️🔥‼️ We’ll be tabling down in Pilsen for PRINTED PAPER with besties Zine Mercado, Flatlands Press, Midwest Perzine Fest y más! Come through! Saturday, June 29th from Noon – 6PM at Definitive Selection! Two tabling events in one weekend?! What are we, in our 20s again or something?! 😮💨Want zines❓We got You❗️ZineMercado PopUp with ZinesterContinue reading “SxHx Tabling @ ZineMercado(s)!”
Poetry Reading, Tonight!
TODAY! June 17th! Join our comrade 🦋Donna|Dante🦋 as they read their poetry at a book launch for GIRL WORK hosted by Pilsen Community Books, at 7pm! Come through!
Chicago IWD Community Altar Build!
Join us on June 2nd, International Whores Day, from 2-4PM, for a community altar build in Palmer Square Park (look for the red umbrellas). Share stories, (re)connect with folx, stretch out in the sun under the trees together. Bring blankets to sit/share space on, and beloved objects, flowers, candles, photos, letters, and anything else you’dContinue reading “Chicago IWD Community Altar Build!”
Do not miss “Dante’s Originals!”
Mark your calendars!! Our comrade Dante|Donna has something in store for you!! Dante’s Originals is a poetry series featuring local artists sharing original work. This is the dream venture of curator, host and event planner Dante Donna Marie Gary Marcus. On May 31 from 6pm – 8pm, participants can access the event for a $15Continue reading “Do not miss “Dante’s Originals!””
NY Feminist Zine Fest Recap!
This first New York Feminist Zine Fest in FIVE YEARS was held on April 6th, at Barnard College. It was so surreal to be back in that same (extremely sweaty and glorious) room with so many of the zinesters we last saw in 2019, before the world changed (again). Our collective and organizers were inContinue reading “NY Feminist Zine Fest Recap!”
Picnic with us at Gender Unbound!
Join us next weekend, Sunday, March 31st from 1-5PM to celebrate Trans Day of Visibility with Gender Unbound! We’ll be tabling with our zines and we’ll have cascarones (confetti eggs) to benefit our incarcerated loved ones! Crack a cascarón on our comrades (or your pals) for a good cause! 7910 Cameron Rd, Austin, TX 78754Continue reading “Picnic with us at Gender Unbound!”
Celebrate International Sex Worker Rights Day!
Today, March 3rd, is International Sex Workers Rights Day! Please celebrate today by joining us in raising awareness and funds for Bluestockings Cooperative –one of our beloved political homes! https://www.bonfire.com/protectbstox The worker-owners, comrades, patrons, and those reliant on Bluestockings Cooperative’s free store, have faced increasing threats of violence from so-called “neighbors” who are unhappy thatContinue reading “Celebrate International Sex Worker Rights Day!”
Tabling at the first annual Midwest Queer & Trans Zine Fest!
October 21st at Open Book Minneapolis! Reflections from Red: Day One of Midwest Queer & Trans Zine Fest is in the bag!! What a day! So many amazing zinesters, and so many wonderful supporters—it was a busy, bustling, beautiful time! Getting to see beloved comrades and meet new pals did my heart so good. MuchContinue reading “Tabling at the first annual Midwest Queer & Trans Zine Fest!”
New York Queer Zine Fair Recap!
What an absolute whirlwind of a day! The New York Queer Zine Fair (October 7th, at The Center) was such a blissed out blur! Much love and appreciation to all the amazing zinesters we got to meet and chat with and snag zines from! Many thanks to the organizers and especially Kel for being soContinue reading “New York Queer Zine Fair Recap!”
Our Second Year at LSZF!
The 7th annual Lone Star Zine Fest was such a blast! Got to see some beautiful and powerful familiar faces and meet new zine pals. Everyone was so damn nice and supportive! We got to talk decrim and abolition with dozens of people and not one garbage thing was said to me!!! That’s literally neverContinue reading “Our Second Year at LSZF!”
Zine Nights are world building ✨
Our collective got together again last night for another zine making, meal sharing occasion—we also spent most of the evening reflecting on the past year’s organizing, survival and creative efforts. Making time and space for ourselves, together, is always so replenishing!
Summertime Zine Nights!
Zine nights with the comrades 🥲💖 Our “Year Seven” zine is in the works! Making time to reflect, share and assess our work together over zine making, shit talking and food is essential to our collective process. Get you a crew that is fierce and joyful too. 🌈☂️
Zine Pavilion Reflections!
Day One! The first night of Zine Pavilion in the bag, and no scary shit! In fact, mostly excellent shit! What a lovely opening night— several librarians from around the US bought our zines to add to their library’s holdings and said such supportive/kind things about our work, and told us they were so excitedContinue reading “Zine Pavilion Reflections!”
SxHx @ Zine Pavilion 2023!
See everyone at the American Library Association’s Annual Conference, the biggest library event of the year, for Zine Pavilion! We’ll be tabling Friday evening and ALL day Saturday (June 23rd & June 24th) We’re so grateful to our extended community for helping us get an org safety plan together to make this feel doable after experiencingContinue reading “SxHx @ Zine Pavilion 2023!”
Art Making Party!
Some of our beloveds at the Love & Protect art making party yesterday 💜🌿
Our “Year 6” yearbook zine is assembled, and out in the world!
As of December 1st, our Support Ho(s)e Year 6 zine, lives! Full of love and gratitude for friendship, boundaries, shared struggle and uncompromising gift-giving, and gentleness to ourselves. We debuted this latest zine at the Lonestar Zine Fest in Austin, TX this past weekend (12/4/22) and we endeavor to have some listed on our websiteContinue reading “Our “Year 6” yearbook zine is assembled, and out in the world!”
Find our zines at the Lone Star Zine Fest this year!
The 6th annual Lone Star Zine Fest is happening on Sunday, December 4th, 2022, at The Far Out Lounge in Austin, TX and some of our comrades will be there tabling! We’ll have copies of our classic distro titles and hopefully (if we can get everything finalized) copies of our latest zine, Year 6!! AContinue reading “Find our zines at the Lone Star Zine Fest this year!”
“Cultural Resistance to SESTA/FOSTA: Reflecting on Community Curation” – via Kernel Magazine
From one of our comrade’s latest published pieces, “Arts-based and cultural elements of organizing are often seen as superfluous, but I consider centering the cultural and artistic works of radical sex workers and co-conspirators as a way to imagine our futures collectively and honor past struggle. We change ourselves and the spaces we take upContinue reading ““Cultural Resistance to SESTA/FOSTA: Reflecting on Community Curation” – via Kernel Magazine”
Thanks MWPZF 2022!
Wow! What a whirlwind of a day! Midwest Perzine Fest’s first in-person gathering was such a blast! We completely sold out of all the zines we brought along—thanks so much to the organizers, volunteers, zinesters and attendees for making yesterday so special. We felt such big love from everyone! Missed us tabling yesterday? Remember youContinue reading “Thanks MWPZF 2022!”
Come Say “Hey!” @ Midwest Perzine Fest!
CHICAGO! One of our comrades will be tabling and we’re so looking forward to the Midwest Perzine Fest—this Saturday, Oct 8th at Columbia College’s Conaway Center, 1104 S Wabash Avenue, from 10 am to 4 pm! Been looking to snag more of our zines to support our organizing/political education/storytelling/survival/thriving?! Here’s your chance! More details (includingContinue reading “Come Say “Hey!” @ Midwest Perzine Fest!”
#FreeThemAll Seed Quilt: Community Healing and Art Making
So much love and appreciation for Love & Protect, Prison+Neighborhood Arts Project, Rogers Park Seed Library, and Stitch x Stitch Con for yesterday’s (Wednesday, July 13th) beautiful gathering. Hearing Alisha, Monica and Sandra’s poetry recharged our hearts. It was so powerful to participate in building a communal art piece to be installed outside of LoganContinue reading “#FreeThemAll Seed Quilt: Community Healing and Art Making”
One of our comrades to present at “Exhibitionism: Sexuality at the Museum” 2021 conference
Saturday, December 11th Reflections from a Movement Art Whorestorian / The Sex Worker Gazes Back 2:45 PM – 4:15 PM EST Talk Description: Reflections from a Movement Art Whorestorian / The Sex Worker Gazes Back will be a presentation space that documents, names and traces sex worker movement organizing, art making, curating, and resistance fromContinue reading “One of our comrades to present at “Exhibitionism: Sexuality at the Museum” 2021 conference”