Media that is rated G for general audiences means the same thing as games that are rated E for everyone. This hand-curated collection has other people's zines, games, and other content that are about being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, or asexual (LGBTQIA) and which are just as family-friendly as a straight person's story of growing up and getting married. They have no swear words. If you're looking for something to share with relatives or a classroom, search in this collection first. It is suitable for all ages to see queer people simply existing, same as everyone else.
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 G.
Medium: Amulets to print and fold.
About: As described by the artist, "These 2.5" square amulet cards were inspired by (and incorporate) Vivid 'Viv' Young's beautiful 'Blessing of Protection for Traveling While Trans/Gender Non-conforming' from Tefilat Trans. They also include text from Psalms 121 & 91, as well as Jewish angelic characters & symbols of protection."
Content: Rated G.
Medium: Comic book.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction. Memoir.
Length: 31 pages.
About the artist's "experiences growing up as a trans kid with an unsupportive family, discovering myself and transitioning as an adult."
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. WARNING FOR FLASHING LIGHTS AND SCREEN SHAKE.
Medium: A computer game. It runs in your browser.
About: Try to get through the maze. An abstract metaphor for passing. After you play it, I recommend that you do a web search for some reviews of it to see how others experienced and interpreted it.
Vibe: An ordeal.
Content: Rated G. Friendly for all ages.
Medium: Comic book. It reads from right to left.
Genre and subject: Fiction. Slice of life. Comedy. Romance.
About: "There's a man who keeps getting new names tattooed onto his arm... What the deal with him?"
Queer themes: Transgender men. Men loving men. Bisexual. Coming out. Transition.
Vibe: Sweet, cute, romantic.
Content: Rated G. Except for drug references on page 56.
Medium: Comic book.
Genre and subject: Fiction. Comedy. Furry.
About: As described by the cartoonist,
"This book collects the first year of Rae the Doe comics, chronicling the life and times of Rae the Doe, from meeting her girlfriend Mimi to coming out as trans to unionizing a haunted house. This book has it all: off-beat, wholesome jokes, a cast of loveable characters and lots and lots of puns. With over 200 pages, five never before seen book-exclusive comics, character bios, and a few other bonuses, this book has it all. Wait, I already said that. Ah, it's worth repeating. This book has it all."
Queer themes: Many characters are various colors of queer. The main character is a gay transgender woman who has a bisexual girlfriend.
Vibe: Laugh-out-loud funny.
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 G.
Medium: A picture book. Designed for reading on screen. Black and white. Screen reader friendly.
About: "This zine is a brief meditation on what it's like to have different experiences than everyone else."
Content: Rated G.
Medium: Comic book.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction. Memoir.
About the cartoonist's day visiting a pride event.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: A mini zine designed for printing on a single sheet of paper and folding.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: A tiny computer game made with Bitsy. It can run in your web browser.
Length: About ten minutes. One play through to see everything.
About: Pick up some things for your girlfriend as you head to her apartment.
Vibe: Silly, cute.
Content: Rated G.
About: "a queer moment I had at a mosh recently, captured in a short 7-page comic"
Vibe: Fun!
Content: Rated G.
Medium/about: A book of fan art of Scooby Doo, in which Daphne and Velma are girlfriends.
Vibe: Lighthearted romance and silly quips in spooky and everyday settings.
Content: Rated G. Noise: gentle instrumental background music begins to play when the game starts.
Medium: A computer game created with Bitsy. It can run in your web browser.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction. History.
About: Explore the tomb of Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum. Look at the murals of these two men who lived in ancient Egypt. Decide for yourself whether you think they were lovers or best friends.
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.
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."
Crush notes are sort of like valentines: as the author of these says, "Crush note templates help people spark connections with conversation starters and contact information to follow up after the event." These are ones to print out double-sided and share at neurodiverse queer events so people can color them and hand them to people they meet who they liked.
Content: Rated G. Friendly for all ages. Bright colors, glitch imagery, food, getting a tongue piercing.
Medium: Comic book. An 8 page mini zine. Full color. Designed for reading on screen.
About "two cat boys going on a date at the mall"
Vibe: Tons of fun.
Content: Rated G. Friendly for all ages.
Medium: A computer game. It can run in your web browser.
Genre and subject: Platformer. Arcade.
About: Defend your home from the dysphoria monsters by collecting gender-affirming clothes that empower you to fight back against them.
Vibe: Cute, fun.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: Zine. Designed for reading on screen. Full color.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction.
About: "A motivational PDF file zine for transgender people struggling to engage in activism." In short, whenever it's too hard to fight your oppressors, keep on existing, connecting with community, and making art.
Vibe: Hurt/comfort. Reassuring.
Content: Rated G. Warning for needles.
Medium: Zine.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction. Poetry.
About: "a poem about being transsexual and the divine right of kings, by seraf/michael/tm"
Vibe: Defiant, empowered.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: A short comic book zine. Black and white. There are separate versions for reading on screen, and for printing and folding. Not screen reader friendly.
About questioning whether you are asexual.
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."
Content: Rated G.
Medium: A tiny computer game created with Bitsy. It runs in your web browser.
Genre and subject: Fiction. Poetry. Romance.
About: "a bee muses on new love in spring"
Vibe: Romantic, lighthearted, charming, sweet.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: An illustrated story poem in a zine.
Genre and subject: Science fiction.
About "robot girl maintenance and sapphic yearning."
Content: Rated G, so far as I've seen.
Medium: A poetry generator created with Twine.
Genre and subject: History. Poetry. Romance.
About: "This generator creates lines of poetry using Sappho's style and vocabulary, as translated from dozens of fragments (using Anne Carson's chosen terminology). As such - representative of Carson's style - many of the generated lines will be broken or incomplete, marked with ] or [ to represent words lost to time. This is intentional."
Content: Rated G.
Medium: Personal zine. Designed for reading on your computer screen.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction. Self help.
About: They have social anxiety, but they found ways to connect with others. For example, through TTRPG groups on the internet and volunteering. Something that TTRPGs and volunteering have in common is that you imagine the world that you want to live in and then work together to build it. Their zine offers some tips on how others with social anxiety can do that too.
Queer themes: The zinester is aroace and genderfluid. The community and movement that they want to support and participate in is queer.
Vibe: Real, hopeful.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: A computer game created in Bitsy. You can play in English or in French.
Duration: About ten minutes long.
About: This game is sort of like an interactive bibliography. You go to a library for your research project about HIV and AIDS. The librarian helps you find some relevant materials in each section, which are titles that you can check out in real life. The next room of the library happens to be showing an exhibition about the history of AIDS.
Queer themes: The game itself doesn't talk about being queer, or anything in detail about the virus or its effects, though the books and organizations that it mentions do.
Vibe: A sense of calm, nonjudgmental camaraderie organized around sharing knowledge about this.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: A zine created with Electric Zine Maker. Full color. Designed for reading on screen.
Length: A five minute read.
About: Reflecting on which ancestors you feel connected to, and who counts as an ancestor.
Queer themes: Queer history.
Vibe: Thoughtful, touching.
