LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning) Zines and Ephemera
SPEC.RARE.0203
Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
2.2 Cubic feet
1973, circa 1984-2025
LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning) Zines and Ephemera includes zines and chapbooks written or distributed by individuals and groups who identify as part of the LGBTQ community in the United States, as well as flyers and other ephemera promoting LGBTQ events and rights. As of 2019, LGBTQ is used as an umbrella term to encompass diversity in sexuality and gender identities. Zines are self-published works that serve as a platform for creative self-expression and sharing personal stories and experiences. Materials in this collection are dated 1973, and circa 1984-2025.
(5) 5'' letter document boxes; (1) 2.5" letter document box
English
Arrangement of Materials
Materials in this collection are arranged alphabetically by title of the zine or ephemera, and are further arranged chronologically or sequentially by issue number when multiple issues of a title are present. Creators, when known, are indicated in parentheses after the title.
Acquisitions Information
Accession No. RARE.2017.0009: Purchased, 2017 March; Accession No. RARE.2018.0051: Purchased, 2018 May; Accession No. RARE.2018.0052: Purchased, 2018 May; Accession No. RARE.2018.0054: Purchased, 2018 May; Accession No. RARE.2018.0055: Purchased, 2018 May; Accession No. RARE.2018.0056: Purchased, 2018 May; Accession No. RARE.2018.0057: Purchased, 2018 May; Accession No. RARE.2018.0058: Purchased, 2018 May; Accession No. RARE.2018.0059: Purchased, 2018 May; Accession No. RARE.2018.0060: Purchased, 2018 May; Accession No. RARE.2018.0061: Purchased, 2018 May; Accession No. RARE.2019.0095: Purchased, 2019 July; Accession No. RARE.2019.0146: Jolie Braun, 2019 December; Accession No. RARE.2021.0006: Purchased, 2021 March; Accession No. RARE.2022.0050: Purchased, 2021 September; RARE.2022.0051: Eric Johnson, 2022 June; Accession No. RARE.2024.0082: Purchased, 2024 September; Accession No. RARE.2026.0036: Purchased, 2025 October; Accession No. RARE.2026.0037: Purchased, 2025 December; Accession No. RARE.2026.0038: Philip Tuxbury-Gleissner, 2026 January; Accession No. RARE.2026.0039: Purchased, 2026 January; Accession No. RARE.2026.0040: Purchased, 2026 January.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning) Zines and Ephemera, SPEC.RARE.0203, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University
Access to Materials
Materials in this collection are available for use, but may be used in the Thompson Library Special Collections reading room only.
Use of Materials
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Processing Information
Processed by: Ashleigh Minor, 2019 September, 2021 April; Beth Crowner, 2019 December; Rachel Hammer, 2022 August; Allison McPherson, 2026 April. Finding aid written by: Belle Teesdale, 2017 May; Ashleigh Minor, 2019 September, 2021 April; Beth Crowner; 2019 December; Allison McPherson, 2026 April.
Historical Note
As of 2019, LGBTQ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning, and is used as an umbrella term to encompass diversity in sexuality and gender identities. Zines are self-published works traditionally reproduced by photocopying the original layout of text and images, and stapling pages together. They often contain a mix of writing and art, and are created and distributed by individuals or collaborative groups. Zines serve as a platform for creative self-expression and sharing personal stories and experiences, and cover a broad array of topics.
Scope and Contents
LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning) Zines and Ephemera includes zines and chapbooks containing personal stories, news, poems, fictional stories, and art by individuals and groups who identify as part of the LGBTQ community, particularly within the United States. Topics covered include LGBTQ rights and activism, relationships, gender identity, feminism, humor, mental health, sexual abuse, AIDS, LGBTQ youth, substance abuse, disabilities and ableism, transphobia, homophobia, and social justice. Also included are flyers, a sticker, and other ephemera promoting LGBTQ events and rights, and AIDS marches and rallies. Materials are dated 1973, and circa 1984-2025.
Bisexuality--United States--20th century
Bisexuality--United States--21st century
Fanzines
Gay community--United States--20th century
Gay community--United States--21st century
Gay culture--United States--20th century
Gay culture--United States--21st century
Gay men--United States--20th century
Gay men--United States--21st century
Gender identity--United States--20th century
Gender identity--United States--21st century
Lesbians--United States--20th century
Lesbians--United States--21st century
Self-publishing--United States--20th century
Self-publishing--United States--21st century
Sexual minorities--United States--20th century
Sexual minorities--United States--21st century
Sexual orientation--United States--20th century
Sexual orientation--United States--21st century
Transgender people--United States--20th century
Transgender people--United States--21st century
"#ArtLife: Musings and Advice from a Queer Art Activist of Color" zine (Nia King)
1
1
undated
"After Closure" flyer (San Francisco AIDS Foundation)
4
8
1984 October 22
"Against Pride Month During a Fucking Genocide" zine (Be Oakley)
6
9
2025
"Angela Douglas" newsletter (Angela Douglas)
1
2
circa 1984
"As Glamorous as a Rotting Animal: Queerness and Mental Health" zine (Be Oakley)
6
10
2023
"'Blackmailed Into Femininity' and other short stories" chapbook (Kim Christy)
1
3
circa 1989
"Boshemia art. feminism. culture" (Boshemia Press Partnership)
6
3
2021 Summer
"Bound To Struggle: Where Kink And Radical Politics Meet, volume one" zine (Simon Strikeback)
1
4
circa 2000s
"Checking Hands, issue #1" zine (W.o.G.)
1
5
2009 August
"Cis Men Against Transphobia" sticker
1
6
undated
"A Compilation of Anti-Oppression Resources for the Trans' & Womyn's Action Camp 2009" zine (Trans and/or Womyn's Action Camp)
1
7
2009
"Dangerous Spaces: Violent Resistance, Self-Defense, & Insurrectional Struggle Against Gender" zine (Untorelli Press)
1
8
2012
"The Day After Surgery" zine
1
9
undated
"Dear Mom, I'm not gay. I ain't straight either though. Love, Carrie" zine (Carrie)
1
10
2010
"Diseased Pariah News, #1" zine (Beowulf Thorne and Tom Shearer)
1
11
1990
"Diseased Pariah News, #2" zine (Beowulf Thorne and Tom Shearer)
1
12
1991
"Diseased Pariah News, #3" zine (Beowulf Thorne)
1
13
1991
"Diseased Pariah News, #4" zine (Beowulf Thorne)
1
14
1991
"Diseased Pariah News, #5" zine (Beowulf Thorne)
1
15
1992
"Diseased Pariah News, #6" zine (Beowulf Thorne)
1
16
1992
"Diseased Pariah News, #7" zine (Beowulf Thorne)
1
17
1992
"Diseased Pariah News, #8" zine (Beowulf Thorne)
1
18
1993
"Diseased Pariah News, #9" zine (Beowulf Thorne)
1
19
1994
"Diseased Pariah News, #10" zine (Beowulf Thorne)
1
20
1995
"Diseased Pariah News, #11" zine (Beowulf Thorne)
1
21
circa 1999
"Dress to Kill, Fight to Win" zine (Dean Spade)
1
22
undated
"Every Thug Is a Lady: Adventures Without Gender" zine (Julie Eff)
1
23
2014
"Fat Girl, Issue 1" zine
4
9
1994
"Fat Girl, Issue 3" zine
4
10
1995
"Fat Girl, Issue 4" zine
4
11
1995 October
"Fat Girl, Issue 5" zine
4
12
circa 1996
"Fat Girl, Issue 6" zine
4
13
1996 August
"Fat Girl, Issue 7" zine
4
14
1997 spring
"Femme Filth #1" zine (Karina Killjoy)
1
24
2016 August
"Femme Filth #3" zine (Karina Killjoy)
1
25
2018 winter
"Fertile La Toyah Jackson Magazine: Visual Issue" zine (Fertile La Toyah Jackson)
1
26
1990
"Free Niara!" flyer
1
27
circa 2013
"Freedom of depression: 9 ways to commit suicide" zine (Dylan Scholinski)
1
28
undated
"Freedom of depression: No contact" zine (Dylan Scholinski)
1
29
undated
"Fresas Frescas" zine (Xicanx Crybaby)
1
30
undated
"The Gayzette #1: Intro" zine (Montclair High School Gay-Straight Alliance)
1
31
2016
"The Gayzette #2: Women Loving Women" zine (Montclair High School Gay-Straight Alliance)
1
32
2016 March
"Gender Anarky: Selected Writings" zine (Gender Anarky)
1
33
2012
"Gender Matters" zine (Carrie Colpitts)
1
34
2012 November
"Gender Matters, #2" zine (Carrie Colpitts)
1
35
circa 2013
"Genderqueer: A Gender Fanzine" (Maus)
2
1
2015
"Gendrfailz #1: The First Appointment" zine (Alix Kemp)
2
2
circa 2009
"Gendrfailz #2: Call Outs & Clever Titles" zine (Alix Kemp)
2
3
2009 November
"The God Within: Black Queerness Across the Diaspora, volume 1" zine
2
4
circa 2010s
"The God Within: Black Queerness Across the Diaspora, volume 2" zine
2
5
circa 2010s
"'Her New Secretary' and other short stories" chapbook (Kim Christy)
2
6
circa 1989
"Holy Titclamps #12" zine (Larry-Bob)
6
11
1993
"Holy Titclamps #14" zine (Larry-Bob)
6
12
1994
"Holy Titclamps #15" zine (Larry-Bob)
6
13
1995
"Holy Titclamps #17" zine (Larry-Bob)
6
14
1999
"Holy Titclamps #18" zine (Larry-Bob)
6
15
2002
"Holy Titclamps #19" zine (Larry-Bob)
6
16
2003
"Homocore, issue #7" zine (Tom Jennings)
4
15
1991 Winter/Spring
"How to Support Your Non-Binary Family Member" (Alyssa Giannini)
6
4
2021
"Imperfect Archiving, Archiving as Practice: Queer Bibliographic Explorations" zine (Be Oakley)
6
17
2024
"It's Radical to Exist" zine (The Bi History Project and Archive)
4
7
2019
"J.D.s Number 3" zine (Bruce LaBruce)
6
18
1986
"J.D.s Number 5" zine (Bruce LaBruce)
6
19
1989
"Just Call Me Joe, #1" zine (Jeremy M. Brownlowe)
2
7
circa 2010s
"The Life and Times of Butch Dykes: Chavela Vargas, Volume 1, Issue 1" zine (Eloisa Aquino)
5
1
2009
"The Life and Times of Butch Dykes: JD Samson, Volume 1, Issue 2" zine (Eloisa Aquino)
5
2
2009
"The Life and Times of Butch Dykes: Gertrude Stein, Volume 1, Issue 2" zine (Eloisa Aquino)
5
3
2010
"The Life and Times of Butch Dykes: Gladys Bently, Volume 1, Issue 3" zine (Eloisa Aquino)
5
4
2009
"The Life and Times of Butch Dykes: Claude Cahun, Volume 2, Issue 2" zine (Eloisa Aquino)
5
5
2010
"The Life and Times of Butch Dykes: Martina Navratilova, Volume 3, Issue 1" zine (Eloisa Aquino)
5
6
2011
"The Life and Times of Butch Dykes: Jenny Shimizu, Volume 3, Issue 2" zine (Eloisa Aquino)
5
7
2011
"The Life and Times of Butch Dykes: Judith Butler, Volume 4, Issue 1" zine (Eloisa Aquino)
5
8
2012
"The Life and Times of Butch Dykes: Audre Lorde, Volume 5, Issue 1" zine (Eloisa Aquino)
5
9
2013
"The Life and Times of Butch Dykes: Gloria Anzaldúa, Volume 7, Issue 1" zine (Eloisa Aquino)
5
10
2015
"Living with Aids and Fighting Back" march and rally flyer (Act Up)
5
11
1989 October 6
"Lower Polk Neighbors Association" flyer (Gay Shame)
2
8
circa 2001
"Making Your Mark: Women, Queer, and Gender Non-Conforming Tattoo Artists in Their Own Words" zine
2
9
2018
"Manticore" zine
2
10
2010
“Messiness: A Fragmented Understanding of Queer Theory” zine (Be Oakley)
6
6
2023
“Mother Nature is a Lesbian, An Exploration” zine (Be Oakley)
6
7
2022
"Neither Doll Houses Nor Tree Houses: On Living Outside of the Gender Binary" zine (Sari)
2
11
2012 March
"New Stonewall Liberation Day Parade and Celebration" articles of incorporation, bulletin flyers, and fact sheet (New Stonewall Liberation Day, Inc.)
5
12
1992
"Not Straight Not White Not Male" zine (Rosi)
2
12
2012 December
"Original Plumbing: Trans Male Quarterly #1" zine (Amos Mac)
2
13
2009 fall
"Original Plumbing: Trans Male Quarterly #2" zine (Amos Mac)
5
13
2010 winter
"Original Plumbing: Trans Male Quarterly #4" zine (Amos Mac)
5
14
2010 summer
"Original Plumbing: Trans Male Quarterly #5" zine (Amos Mac)
5
15
2010
"Original Plumbing: Trans Male Quarterly #6" zine (Amos Mac)
5
16
2011
"Original Plumbing: Trans Male Quarterly #7" zine (Amos Mac)
5
17
2011
"Original Plumbing: Trans Male Quarterly #8" zine (Amos Mac)
5
18
2011 Fall
"Original Plumbing: Trans Male Quarterly #9" zine (Amos Mac)
5
19
2012
"Original Plumbing: Trans Male Quarterly #12" zine (Amos Mac)
5
20
2013 Fall
"Original Plumbing: Trans Male Quarterly #13" zine (Amos Mac)
5
21
2014 Spring
"Original Plumbing: Trans Male Quarterly #14" zine (Amos Mac)
5
22
2014
"Original Plumbing: Trans Male Quarterly #15" zine (Amos Mac)
5
23
2014 Winter
"Orignal Plumbing: Trans Male Quarterly #16" zine (Amos Mac)
5
24
2015 spring
"Original Plumbing: Trans Men Culture #18" zine (Amos Mac)
5
25
2016
"Original Plumbing: Trans Male Culture #20" zine (Amos Mac)
5
26
2019
"Out of Order: Queer and Trans Youth Resistance!" zine (Sara Tea-Rex)
2
14
2009
"Pata" zine (Rachel Casiano Hernandez)
2
15
2015 February
"Pink and Black Attack #1" zine (Pink and Black Attack Collective)
2
16
2009
"Pink Mince, Issue 9" zine (Dan Rhatigan)
6
20
2012
"Pink Mince, Issue 12" zine (Dan Rhatigan)
6
21
2016
"Post-Depression Blues" zine
2
17
circa 2010s
"Puzzleboy" zine
2
18
2014 July
"Queer Indigenous Girl, volume 1" zine (Se'mana Thompson)
2
19
2016 June
"Queer Indigenous Girl, issue 2" zine (Se'mana Thompson)
2
20
2016
"Rosebuds, volume VIII, issue #1" newsletter (Tiffany Club of New England)
2
21
1996 January
"Rosebuds, volume IX, issue #5" newsletter (Tiffany Club of New England)
2
22
1997 May
"Shortandqueer #1: Friends Are Important" zine (Kelly Shortandqueer)
2
23
2004 August
"Shortandqueer #2: Things I Like" zine (Kelly Shortandqueer)
2
24
2004 August
"Shortandqueer #3: The best thing that happened today was..." zine (Kelly Shortandqueer)
2
25
circa 2004 October
"Shortandqueer #4: The Coming Out Issue" zine (Kelly Shortandqueer)
2
26
2005 July
"Shortandqueer #5: The best thing that happened today was...(part 2)" zine (Kelly Shortandqueer)
2
27
2005 December
"Shortandqueer #6: Now That I'm a Dude..." zine (Kelly Shortandqueer)
2
28
2006 March
"Shortandqueer #7: Hello World!" zine (Kelly Shortandqueer)
2
29
2007 March
"Shortandqueer #8: I am not unreasonable" zine (Kelly Shortandqueer)
2
30
2007 July
"Shortandqueer #9: The best thing that happened today was...January-April 2008" zine (Kelly Shortandqueer)
3
1
2008 May
"Shortandqueer #10: The reawakening of my baseball fandom" zine (Kelly Shortandqueer)
3
2
2008 November
"Shortandqueer #11: The best thing that happened today was...May-December 2008" zine (Kelly Shortandqueer)
3
3
2009 May
"Shortandqueer #12: Menstruation, not punctuation (periods.)" zine (Kelly Shortandqueer)
3
4
2009 August
"Shortandqueer #13: A Musical Autobiography" zine (Kelly Shortandqueer)
3
5
2010 February
"Shortandqueer #14: The best thing that happened today was...2009" zine (Kelly Shortandqueer)
3
6
circa 2010 February-March
"Shortandqueer #15: Speeches and performances 2006-2010" zine (Kelly Shortandqueer)
3
7
2010 March
"Shortandqueer #16: Interview with Grandpa Sabin" zine (Kelly Shortandqueer)
3
8
2011 January
"Shortandqueer #17: The best thing that happened today was...2010" zine (Kelly Shortandqueer)
3
9
2011 June
"Shortandqueer #18: Time to get this off my chest" zine (Kelly Shortandqueer)
3
10
2016 March 25
"Silver Lines" zine (Samantha Dorsett)
3
11
before 2009
"Ska" zine (Xicanx Crybaby)
3
12
circa 2016
"Smoke Without Fire: Writings of Transsexual Revolutionary" zine (Susan Saxaphone)
3
13
circa 2008
"So not a DRAG" drag ball event flyer
3
14
circa 2010s
"Sober Queens Do Exist" zine (Clementine Morrigan and "geoff")
3
15
2016 August
"Spider Teeth" zine (Ellie June Navidson)
3
16
circa 2013
"Srs Hrt" zine (Anna Anthropy)
3
17
2015
"Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries: Survival, Revolt, and Queer Antagonist Struggle" zine (Untorelli Press)
3
18
2013
"Strengthening Anarchism's Gender Analysis: Lessons from the transfeminist movement" zine (J. Rogue)
3
19
2009 June
"A Struggle to Stay Conscious, #4" zine (Milo Trainwreck)
3
20
2014 July
"A Struggle to Stay Conscious, #5" zine (Milo Trainwreck)
3
21
2014
"A Struggle to Stay Conscious, #7" zine (Milo Trainwreck)
3
22
circa 2014
"A Struggle to Stay Conscious, #9" zine (Milo Trainwreck)
3
23
2015 November
"Substance: 1994-2002" zine (Sherilyn Connelly)
3
24
2003
"Teen Fag 3" zine (Gordon Gordon)
6
22
1994
"To Inspire a Revolution in the Hearts of Its Reader" zine (Be Oakley)
6
23
2025
"To Trans Women Who Have to Deal With Cis Men/To Cis Men Who Trans Women Have to Deal With" flyer
3
25
undated
"Towers Fall Down: Found poetry from type-in computer games" zine (Anna Anthropy)
3
26
2015
"Trans Day of Remembrance" zine (Trans Action Victoria)
3
27
2008
"Trans People & The Prison-Industrial Complex" zine (Trans Student Alliance and Queer Community Alliance)
3
28
circa 2010
"A Trans Questionnaire" zine
3
29
2011
"Trans Restroom Rants #1" (Birch Rosen)
6
5
2019 October-November
"Transcendence Transcendence, Issue #3" zine (Jamez Terry)
3
30
2002-2003 winter
"The Transgender Herb Garden: An MtF guide to disconnecting one's self from big pharma" zine (Flying Otter)
3
31
2009
"Trans(in)formation" zine (Kelly Shortandqueer)
3
32
2004 October 8
"Transphobia. It's Funny Right? Nope." zine
3
33
circa 2012
"Transphobia. Let's Stop It." zine (Carrie Colpitts)
3
34
2013 January
"Transsexual Surgery" paper submitted for a human physiology and anatomy course (Amy E. Lukens)
3
35
1973 May 26
"Transsexuelle Menschen in Deutschland Im falschen Körper" exhibit flyer (Daniel and Geo Fuchs)
4
1
1997
"Transvestia, Issue 1: Coming Out" zine
5
27
2019 January
"Transvestia, Issue 2: Misgendering" zine
5
28
2019 March
"Transvestia, Issue 3: Religion, Transgenderism" zine
5
29
2019 May
"Transvestia, Issue 4: Words, Labels" zine
5
30
2019 July
"Transvestia, Issue 5: Sexual Roles" zine
5
31
2019 September
"Transvestia, Issue 6: Finding Community" zine
6
1
2019 November
"Transvestia, Issue 7: Feminism, Womens Marches, Terfs + Swefs" zine
6
2
2020 January
“Typography as Memorial - Seize Control of the FDA” zine (Be Oakley)
6
8
2024
"Unit 6" zine (Trans and/or Womyns Action Camp)
4
2
circa 2010
"Vulnerability: or, Why I Show My Tits & Cock & Balls in My Performances" zine (Yvonne LeBien)
6
24
2024
"Wait 5 minutes, it will change." zine (Lewis Wallace)
4
3
2007
"We are Beautiful/Nous Sommes Magnifiques: Trans + Gender Queer Portraits." zine (Sylvie le Sylvie)
4
4
2011
"We have lost another trans sister..." flyer in memorium of Samantha Jane Dorsett
4
5
2009
"Xicanx Brown Grrrl Growl" zine (Xicanx Crybaby/Joss Moguel)
4
6
undated