When I first published my zines (Erased andI Am a Bad Queer) I had locked the comment section because, quite frankly, I was afraid of beong harrassed.  The queer spaces I normaly frequent have very specific ideas of what queer art should be about- namely, happy uplifting stories about discovering self-love, or angry art about acceptable targets (i.e cishets.)  Everything else is often perceived as some sort of aggression- art that is tragic or horrifying is often dismissed as "a cishet that can't imagine a world where queerphobia doesn't exist"/"a cishet who wants to kill off queer characters for the kicks," and calling out the bigotry some queer people are capable of is often received with either hostility ("dividing the community") or dismissal ("clearly that person is making up imaginary oppression to make us all feel bad.") Which sucks, because when I look deep inside myself and think about writing something accurate to my queer experience, what I've got is in no way happy.

However, the reception of my zines have been surprisingly positive so far.  So I'm tentatively opening up the comment sections,  and crossing my fingers that this won't stab me in the back in the future.

My thanks to all the people who have given my zines a read so far.  Knowing that I am listened to even when I cannot word it in an "acceptable" way makes me very happy.