No War but Class War, fuck these borders, and Decrim yesterday! Say it again and again and again! We know things are feeling even scarier these days, but we’re so glad to have you in solidarity with us, dear comrades. Thank you for being here, thank you for whatever you’re doing to push back, makeContinue reading “Where to dish with us next!”
Tag Archives: zines
Anarchist Bookfair Recap & Support Group announcement!
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.
Spring Happenings
The content expresses solidarity with siblings fighting for justice and survival, emphasizing the importance of connection and support among marginalized communities, especially sex workers and survivors of gender-based violence. It highlights upcoming events in Austin, Chicago, and NYC, including tabling opportunities at various fairs and celebrations to support community needs and mutual aid funds. The piece also reflects on a decade of activism through Survived and Punished, advocating for the abolition of gender violence and rejection of criminalization as a solution to societal issues.
Fall & Winter Bulletin
The content expresses solidarity and support among comrades while highlighting recent activities and events organized by the group. They are fundraising for their comrade Cam and emphasize the importance of survivor defense campaigns in abolitionist feminist organizing through Alisha’s experiences. Various comrades attended key events focused on community empowerment, including participatory fairs for artists with mental health challenges and national conferences discussing activism and identity. Upcoming events include author talks and protest vigils in different cities. The text underscores the necessity of collectively navigating struggles and urges support for their initiatives and camaraderie.
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.
All Things Chicago
In 2015, a Chicago collective emerged from discontent with existing Leftist and sex worker spaces, seeking deeper engagement. Ten years on, they acknowledge systemic issues leading to dissolution of similar groups but remain committed to radical change. They encourage grassroots organizing, forming trust-based connections, and fostering community support through projects like zines and solidarity exchanges. Collaborative efforts include linking experienced organizers and conducting necessary research on local laws affecting sex workers. The group calls for volunteers and continues advocating for decriminalization.
Whores’ Day & Summer Horizons
Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the Church of St. Nizier occupation in Lyon, where marginalized sex workers demanded justice and safety. Initiating International Whores’ Day, the event influenced public narratives and reduced violence. Celebrations in Chicago and Austin emphasize community support and mutual aid, while NYC advocates for decriminalization laws to protect sex workers.
Whores Day 2025 & More!
The post emphasizes the importance of community and organization for survival during challenging times, particularly for marginalized groups like sex workers. It highlights various initiatives supporting political prisoners, storytelling projects, a new boutique for sex workers, and upcoming community events focused on mutual aid and empowerment.
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.
Spring Updates!
On March 3rd, Austin activists celebrated International Sex Workers Rights Day by creating zines at Monkeywrench Books, discussing projects like Holy Heaux memoirs and Cecilia’s Act. Meanwhile, Decrim NY advocated for Cecilia’s Act at the NYS Capitol to decriminalize sex work, while Chicago’s Free All Dykes organized a letter writing event for incarcerated comrades.
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!”
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.
Lone Star Zine Fest Recap & Where to support us next!
The weekend of October 19th and 20th featured a vibrant zine gathering, where many friends and new connections were made. The collective zine “Free All Dykes” raised funds for a comrade’s urgent needs. While their fundraising goal wasn’t fully met, appreciation was expressed to supporters. Upcoming events include Zine Fest Houston on November 16th and ongoing campaigns supporting various causes in NYC and Chicago.
Where can you find us next? Lone Star Zine Fest!
Join us on October 19th & 20th at the Blue Genie Art Bazaar for the 8th Annual Lone Star Zine Fest from 12PM – 6PM at TABLE 81. Explore zines and resources, and support our new benefit zine “Free All Dykes,” aiding comrade Rene and her co-defendants. Enjoy over 100 exhibitors and engage with the zine community!
CZF & Midwest Perzine Fest Recap!
The team participated in the 2024 Chicago Zine Fest, connecting with organizers and engaging attendees on important topics like decriminalization and disaster preparedness. They provided mini training sessions on naloxone and drug testing while distributing essential supplies. Although fundraising goals for mutual aid support weren’t met, they expressed gratitude for donations and zine sales that sustain their work with the incarcerated community. They encouraged support through their donation page and promoted the upcoming Midwest Queer & Trans Zine Fest in Minneapolis.
New York Queer Zine Fair Recap!
The 10th NYQZF was successfully held in the West Village on September 21st, organized by Paul Moreno and Kel Karpinski. Attendees engaged in zine creation, learned about supporting incarcerated queer and trans sex workers, and participated in workshops. Despite not meeting fundraising goals, the community spirit was strong, highlighted by the debut of the Support Ho(s)e YEAR EIGHT zine, marking nearly a decade of organizing.
Sex Worker Pride 2024!
In celebration of Sex Worker Pride, our comrade donated yearbook zines, International Whores Day zine, and Society for the Promotion of Vice’s zine to the Sherwood Forest Zine Library in Austin. These zines are now available for borrowing, offering insight into our organizing work and ongoing campaigns. Join the library to explore our donated zines!
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)!”
IWD Community Altar Build Reflections
Yesterday, June 2nd, we organized a community altar build and picnic in Chicago’s Palmer Square Park for International Whores Day. Check out this archived post from Survivors Against SESTA, this video from Alianza Mexicana de Trabajadoras Sexuales (in Spanish), or read the IWD NYC 2020 zine to learn more about the whorestory and legacy ofContinue reading “IWD Community Altar Build Reflections”
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!””
ComstockCon Recap!
ComstockCon brought together organizers, historians, attorneys, journalists, artists, writers, and others to trace the connections between the political context in which the Comstock Act was passed and how it constrains our present. Held at Harvard Law (located on the traditional and ancestral land of the Massachusett peoples) on May 14th, ComstockCon was a convening inspired byContinue reading “ComstockCon Recap!”
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!”
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!”
Lone Star Zine Fest roundup!
From Sunday’s (12/4/22) rainy but lovely tabling under the big top of Lone Star Zine Fest — seven hours of non-stop zine swapping, slinging and talking about decrim, abolition and collective zine making. On the whole, a really welcoming experience!! There were a few YIKES moments…but thankfully they didn’t linger. Was also so thrilled withContinue reading “Lone Star Zine Fest roundup!”
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!”
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!”
New Stable Link for our SW Syllabus!
We’ve created a more web stable link to our Sex Work Syllabus document. We continue to hope this archive of our internal political education reading group materials (from 2015 – 2018) is useful for your self-guided or group organized learning/discussing/making! During those first few years of our organizing, we voraciously read, watched, listened to andContinue reading “New Stable Link for our SW Syllabus!”
Virtual poetry workshops that benefit Alisha’s coming home fund!
Our comrade Donna has created MORE beautiful virtual writing spaces to help continue raising funds for Alisha’s post-release and welcome home needs! Check out the latest series of event we’re debuting: tinyurl.com/Poems4Hos and register soon! Spaces will fill up!
Generative Virtual Letter Writing Gathering + Fundraising event
Register here: tinyurl.com/Letters4Hos This letter writing workshop series is conducted to raise post- release funds for a dear friend and comrade Alisha Walker. Learn more about Alisha here: http://bit.ly/AlishaWalker During this generative letter writing workshop you will learn: Things to keep in mind before you begin writing to an incarcerated person.Best practices of letter writingContinue reading “Generative Virtual Letter Writing Gathering + Fundraising event”