'zines/magazines

'zines/magazines

lesbian history

book features

78 Years Of Lesbian Magazines Keeping Our Queer Legacy Alive

The desire to connect with other people like us has been the driving force of queer media since the first lesbian print magazine ever launched in 1947. Here are just…

Riese —

Aug 4, 2025

'zines/magazines

lesbian magazines

straddleverse

We Made a Queer and Trans Print Magazine You Can Hold in Your Gay Hands!

Introducing: The Autostraddle Insider, a full-color, gorgeous, gay, sexy, smart, funny zine. Here’s how to get it!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jul 23, 2025

'zines/magazines

lesbian magazines

lgbt history

40 Years Ago, Lesbian Erotica Magazine ‘On Our Backs’ Paved the Way for Horny Sapphic Art

On Our Backs, which originally ran from 1984 to 1990 and was revitalized from 1998 to 2002, existed for one central purpose: to portray lesbian sex and sexuality, with real…

Gabrielle Grace Hogan —

Jan 23, 2025

'zines/magazines

Death of Print

lgbt history

How A 50-Year-Old Lesbian Magazine Is Surviving Despite It All

“Lesbian Connection was founded in a decidedly pre-internet era, when there were no lesbian characters on TV or in the movies, no lesbian stories on library bookshelves, no out queer…

Sydney —

Nov 4, 2024

'zines/magazines

trans history

lgbt history

99 Years Ago, a Queer/Trans Magazine Was Born — Nine Years Later, Fascism Killed It

I am on my way to the Grimm Zentrum to see some originals of the early 20th century lesbian magazine Die Freundin.

Liz —

Aug 4, 2023

'zines/magazines

community

They Created the World They Wanted to See: The Radical Possibility of FaT GiRL Zine

“This was a noninstitutionalized reaction. This was political, intentional, we’re gonna be fat and queer and creative and sexy and empowering and a collective action.”

Lindsay Eanet —

Jul 18, 2022

'zines/magazines

interview

music

Celebrating Ten Years of She Shreds Magazine: An Interview with Fabi Reyna

“In my opinion, music is the tool for distributing change through culture, through messaging, through community and collective vision.”

danijanae —

May 19, 2022

'zines/magazines

bitch magazine

society + culture

Bitch Magazine Is Closing: Bad News For Me, You and Indie Media Overall

After 25 years of reader-supported non-profit feminist media, Bitch Magazine is closing its doors.

Riese —

Apr 12, 2022

'zines/magazines

queer flagging

love + sex

Yes I’m Flagging: My Hanky Code Zine Is Ready For You

While we’re figuring out how to communicate six feet apart after months of cruising Lex, I figured it’d be a good time to share my zine Yes I’m Flagging: Queer…

Archie —

Jun 27, 2020

'zines/magazines

covid-19

society + culture

Ohio Loses Prizm Magazine, the State’s Last LGBTQ+ Publication, in Wake of COVID-19

It’s a tragedy when any publication shuts down, but for the state of Ohio, Prizm Magazine was the lifeblood of the LGBTQ+ community in an area still lacking statewide LGBTQ+…

BJ Colangelo —

Mar 31, 2020

'zines/magazines

black history month

lgbt history

Black, Queer, and Here Without Apology: The History of BLK and Black Lace Magazines

When BLK first published, it was a 16 page black-and-white newsletter with a circulation of roughly 5,000. By the time it ended its publication it had grown into a 40…

Carmen Phillips —

Feb 13, 2020

'zines/magazines

Dispatches from the Country Culture War

culture

Wmn Zine: What It Means To Be A “Rural Lesbian”

Wmn Zine, the love letter to lesbians created by Jeanette Spicer, Florencia Alvarado, and Sarah Duell, is the exploring the radical nature of the word “lesbian.”

Lauren Parker —

Dec 14, 2019