This is a hand-curated collection of other people's zines that they designed so that you can print them at home. Short for magazine, a zine is an informally published booklet. A person who makes them is a zinester. Zines are often about the zinester's personal life, fandoms, social justice, and topics that are rarely addressed by large publishers. Zines became popular in the 1990s because people could make them using copy machines or personal computers. The zines in this collection all have to do with being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, or asexual (LGBTQIA).
This collection is part of my directory of other people's creations on itch.io, Curated Collections of LGBTQIA, where you can find more collections about other topics, and on specific sorts of transgender identities. I personally select and review each creation in them, even if they are different than my own views or experiences as a queer person myself.
Content: Rated PG. Non-sexual nudity in art.
Medium: A mini zine that you can print and fold.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction. Art history. Mythology.
About: As described by the zinester, "Nobody knows why Andromeda (of Greek mythology fame) is sometimes portrayed with a penis in medieval art. Here's a zine about that with an original black-and-white illustration."
Content: Rated G. Description of discriminatory attitudes against transgender people.
Medium: Zine. There is a version for reading on screen, and another for printing.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction. Perzine.
About: The zinester tells about his personal experiences as a trans man who had a bad time with getting outed, why he prefers being stealth (living as a man without others knowing that he is transgender). He explains some things that more people need to understand about how it is okay to be stealth.
Queer themes: Transgender men.
Adding to this reviewer's hand-curated collections: LGBTQIA printable zines; LGBTQIA - rated G; Transgender; Trans men and trans masculine people; LGBTQIA nonfiction.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: A mini zine designed to be printed on one sheet of paper and folded.
About: Platonic poetry about the zinester's own aromantic experiences.
Queer themes: Aromantic, which is an orientation in which the person doesn't tend to feel romantically attracted to anyone.
Content: Rated PG. Swear words.
Medium: Zine. Designed for reading on your screen, or printing.
About how other people perceive the zinester's gender.
Content: Rated PG-13. This talks about many sensitive issues, such as racism, poverty, homelessness, abortion, abuse, drugs, sex trafficking, suicide, and more. It doesn't go into graphic detail about them, and addresses these topics with taste, facts, and usually a non-inflammatory tone.
Medium: A 64 page long booklet. It is designed for reading on screen as well as printing, if you follow the included instructions for how to print it.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction. Religion. Politics in the USA.
About: In the Bible, Jesus said that everyone will know his followers because of how they love (John 13:34-35). This booklet asks evangelical Christians in the US to center these words of Jesus, and think about whether their attitudes are loving. Particularly, in whether their religious views shape their political choices in ways that are good for families and offer love to everyone, including the poor, African-Americans, and people who are LGBTQ.
Vibe: Painful, yet calm. Confrontational, yet collaborative with the reader.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: A mini zine designed for printing on a single sheet of paper and folding.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: Zine. There is a version for reading on screen, and another for printing.
About: "I was feeling super isolated during pride month, so I made a zine about it and cried. 16 pages, 1/8 size. #IsolatedQueerSolidarity in the comments."
Vibe: Lonely, vulnerable, but determined.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: Physical game. Multiplayer. The instructions are in the form of a mini zine that you can print and fold from a single sheet of paper.
About: "They say, the first pride was a riot. Today, pride is about buying the rainbow. We can make a better parade. In this game, players work together with friends to create the pride parade that we want. The objective is to create queer joy for our community."
Content: Rated G.
Medium: Mini zine. Designed for printing on a single sheet of paper.
About: "... a mini-zine love letter to the trans community ... Sigils are magic images created out of statements of intent: they amplify meaning and can be used to help direct energy and action. These sigils were created from trans-positive text provided by friends & strangers."
Vibe: Occult theme. Queer positive.
Content: Rated PG-13.
Medium: Zine. There is a version for reading on screen, as well as one for printing and folding, with instructions on how to do that.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction.
About: The zinester explains what demisexuality is in a way that would be easy to understand for someone new to the idea. She explains it in general, as well as how it was in her own personal experiences as a demisexual.
Queer themes: Demisexuality, an orientation in which a person only feels very rarely attracted to others.
Vibe: Simple and friendly.
Content: Rated PG-13 or R. Partial nudity and kink gear.
Medium: 6-page mini zine. Illustrations. Textless. There is a version designed for reading on screen, and another that you can print and fold.
About: Illustrations of the artist's trans friends and partners. They're engaged in realistic everyday scenes of peaceful affection: bringing a bottle of water, kissing in a garden, sharing lunch after a kink scene, putting together furniture, and cooking a meal.
Vibe: Cozy. Queer positive. Feel good.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: Mini comic. There is a version for reading on screen, and another for printing.
Genre and subject: Comic or picture book.
About: Being lonely and then finding one's community.
Queer themes: Bisexual.
Vibe: Warm and positive.
Medium: Zine. Versions for reading on screen or for print.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction. History.
About "sailor-loving-sailors' tattoos during the Age of Sail, is 16 quarter-pages long (including covers)."
Content: Rated R. Content warnings for: artistic nudity, transphobia, and description of feelings about various body parts and functions, both dysphoric and euphoric. Menstrual cycles. Breast milk. Facial hair. Cannabis. Dissociation. Toxic masculinity. Religious intolerance and shame.
Accessibility: Screen reader friendly.
Medium: Non-fiction book. A zine available in several formats: for printing in full color and folding, for reading on the computer, and audio read aloud by the author.
Duration: The audio version is almost 20 minutes long. The print version is 22 pages long, not counting covers or end papers.
About/relevance: The author is a plural trans girl and doe therianthrope. In this zine, she describes her experiences as she began gender-affirming hormone therapy, and her perspective on this as a doe.
Vibe: Sincere, vulnerable, tender, wistful, hopeful, joyful.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: A 6-page mini zine. A hand-drawn comic.
Story: Some men's feelings about losing their hair, and how they adapt to this change.
Queer themes: Inspired by the author's feelings about going on testosterone as a trans man.
Vibe: Vulnerable, authentic, tender, wistful, sweet, wholesome, kind, loving, positive.
Content: Rated G. Friendly for all ages.
Medium: A six page autobiographical comic zine.
About: "Here's the first mini zine I made back in March 2021 about my identity as a man, experienced through my queerness and transness."
Content: Rated PG for swear words.
Medium: Personal zine. Fully illustrated. Color. Several formats for reading on screen or printing and folding.
About: The author talks about how the punk subculture resonates with hir as a nonbinary person.
Vibe: Fun, loud, energetic.
Content: Rated PG-13. This is about sex organs, but it doesn't have pictures of them, and the tone is similar to a pamphlet in a doctor's office.
Medium: A mini zine, for printing and folding from one sheet of paper. Black and white.
About: Some basic information about two types of bottom surgeries: metoidioplasty and phalloplasty. Both of these are options for trans men and some nonbinary people.
A solo TTRPG that is a metaphor for what it's like being asexual in this society.
Content: Rated PG.
Medium: Zine. Full color. One sheet of paper. Designed for printing and folding.
About: A sweet love poem made from magazine clippings, about affirming and embracing your intimate partner's transition and his gender as among the things that you recognize and celebrate about him and enjoy sharing together.
Content: PG-13.
Medium: Zine. 56 pages. There is a version for reading on screen one for print, and an accessible one.
About: An anthology of essays and stories about the relationships of asexual people.
Content: Rated PG.
Medium: Zine. Full color. There is a version designed for reading on screen, and another version for printing and folding. Only available in French.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction. History.
About: A zine of symbols for bisexuality and pansexuality. The triangle, bi-angles, crescents, and more.
Content: Rated PG.
Medium: Zine. Full color. There is a version designed for reading on screen, and a version to print and fold. Only available in French.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction. History.
About: Some symbols for lesbians, such as lavender, violets, the lambda, the black triangle, and the labrys axe.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: A coloring book mini zine, designed to be printed and folded from a single piece of paper, for spreading joy and education at queer events.
Flag: One of the pages in this coloring book is the intersex-inclusive progress pride flag, with each stripe labeled with its intended color and meaning.
Content: Rated R for references to some sexual topics.
Medium: Full color illustrated zine. There is a version designed for reading on screen, and one for printing.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction. Memoir. Humor.
Content: Rated PG because of how one of the definitions of terms mentions some sex organs.
Medium: A full-color zine, designed to be printed out on a single sheet of paper, cut, and folded. One version is in English, the other version is in Japanese.
About: A tiny zine that gives definitions for what the initialism LGBTQIA stands for, and then a few other relevant words.
Vibe: Cute, cheery, simple.
Content: The "Stonewall Riots" zine is rated G. The "Bisexual Manifesto" zine is rated PG.
Medium: Two mini zines, each of which are designed to be printed on a single sheet of paper.
About:
Stonewall Riots: "The Stonewall Riots were a huge part of LGBT history. Learn about it in a short zine!"
Bisexual Manifesto/coloring book: The bisexual manifesto was published in 1990 in response to biphobia.
Vibe: Celebratory, educational, defiant, proud.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: Mini zine. Full color. Designed for printing on one sheet of paper and folding.
About the basics of what it means to be genderfluid.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: Zine. Full color. There is a version for reading on screen, and two versions for printing.
About: An introduction to what bisexuality is. It corrects common misconceptions, points out the perks of being bi, and gives a list of some bisexual men in current events, history, and fiction.
Vibe: Lighthearted, slightly silly humor, and very queer positive!
Content: Rated G.
Medium: Zine. There is a versions for reading on screen as well as one for printing.
Genre and subject: Historical fiction. Romance. Anthology.
About: Six short sapphic historical fiction stories, "framed by the Victorian language of flowers."
