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Milo
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💻 Co-Founder, Queer Zine Archive Project - https://qzap.org
🖥️ Professional graphic designer and desktop publisher
📓 Zine Maker - https://milosqueer.shop
🦄 Non-Binary Trans Hoomyn
🥦 weird food lover
💃🏻 They/Them/Comrade
🗳️ Tammy Metzler 4 President
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qzap.bsky.social
New Zine of the Gay post!!

This week Erica writes about Pathologize This!, the mental health comp zine by Sarah Tea Rex from 2008.

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image is a grainy photocopy of a photo of a pill bottle with some pills next to it with the words Pathologize This! on it.
February 18, 2026 at 8:10 PM
miloblue.bsky.social
GenX find of the day - this Rock the Vote ad from 1991. Found in the premiere issue (#0) of Dirt - A Supplement to Sassy at archive.org.

I remember this campaign, and cribbed part of it for my first zine, and also detourned the stickers to say Fuck The Vote

(bb anarchist even then 😜)

#genx
Image is an illustration of a person in a top hat holding a hand out in a ‘stop’ gesture. Text reads: WHY DOESN'T THIS MAN WANT YOU TO VOTE? Politicians say they want us to vote. But the truth is, in most places, it's complicated and difficult to register to vote. You'd think they were afraid of us. Unless we change things, each election will see fewer and fewer people voting. Here's what you can do. There's a bill now in Congress that would permit people 18 years or older to register to vote when they applied for or renewed their driver's license. It's called the Motor Voter Bill, and you can make it a reality. Just fill out the coupon below, and lend your name to Rock the Vote. We're an organization committed to fighting censorship and making it easy for everyone to take part in our political process. We'll pass your message along to the President. And we'll keep you informed. Please send it today.
February 18, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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skyekilaen.bsky.social
I send out a periodic newsletter highlighting new self-pub & small press queer romances I think look promising.

IF YOU are putting out a queer romance in 2026 for retail sale and you are (like me) NOT publishing on Amazon, please reply / DM so I can get you on my radar.

Reposts very welcome. 🌈💜🌈📚♠️
February 17, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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penfight.bsky.social
a wee reminder.. straight white boys don't own punk!

🎸https://penfightdistro.com/shop/straight-white-boys-dont-own-punk-25mm-badge/
circular badges in different sizes reading "straight white boys don't own punk" in pink/black/white colours
February 16, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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qzap.bsky.social
W00t! It's a new Zine of the Gay! This week Rowan takes a look at Queers, Families, and the Squat Community from 2011 Amsterdam.

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Queers, Families and the Squat Community front cover. People standing in an open area looking at buildings
February 13, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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mkedsa.bsky.social
The Milwaukee Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are working to support a statewide race for governor after both that chapter and Madison DSA voted to endorse @demsocialists.bsky.social member Francesca Hong in her bid for that office.
Milwaukee DSA endorses Francesca Hong For Governor of Wisconsin
February 11, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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workingclasshistory.com
#OtD 11 Feb 1916, Lithuanian-born Jewish anarchist Emma Goldman was arrested in New York City on charges of violating the Comstock Act, for distributing information about birth control. We've made available some of her work and merch here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
February 11, 2026 at 8:25 AM
miloblue.bsky.social
I fucking hate that I need to post and re-post this at least annually.

Every anti-queer + anti-trans politician has blood on their hands.
THERE ARE NO QUEER TEEN SUICIDES, ONLY QUEER TEEN MURDERS Anyone who espouses anti-gay rhetoric, anyone who says it’s unnatural to love someone of the same sex, anyone who calls someone a faggot or a dyke maliciously, anyone who does not challenge heterosexuality as a cultural norm, ins implicated in the deaths of queer teenagers who take their own lives. Those deaths are not suicides, they’re murders. The young people are just doing to their bodies what others have done to their souls. They don’t kill themselves, Christians kill them, television writers kill them, Big Red gum commercials kill them, their parents kill them, their schools kill them. I kill them, and so do you. We need to move beyond confronting homophobia to challenging heterosexism. When we don’t challenge exclusionary sex education lessons, when we don’t cross dress, when we don’t act on our sexual desires and curiosities, when we are ignorant about intersexuality and transgenderism, we are braiding the nooses upon which queer teens hang.
February 9, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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qzap.bsky.social
We're getting ready to have this exact conversation with our writing interns tomorrow.

Yes, words have been weaponized against us. Also, those same words have contributed to us finding ourselves and each other and building communities and fighting back, too.
mistygedlinske.bsky.social Misty Gedlinske @mistygedlinske.bsky.social · 10d
All of our labels have some amount of historical blood on them. If queer folks self-censored every descriptive term for ourselves that others have ever used as an insult or slur against us, we’d have no vocabulary to express our inner lives at all.

Which is exactly what bigots and fascists want.
February 9, 2026 at 4:14 PM
miloblue.bsky.social
This is one of my favorite queer texts, and the way Molly rendered it is beautiful.

Whole text can be found at QZAP here:
archive.qzap.org/index.php/De...
February 6, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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violetbfox.bsky.social
If you're near Minneapolis on Saturday, please consider coming out to the Twin Cities Zine Fest, where we'll have 80+ zinesters sharing their #zines & free workshops! tczinefest.org/tczf-2026/ #TCZF2026

If you're elsewhere, please send good vibes, we could use some fun.
Flyer for the Twin Cities Zine Fest on Saturday February 7th from 10 am to 4 pm at Minneapolis Central Library. There is a fun Bug Girl illustration where she reads a zine in a fluorescent green nest. Words to the side read "Charming chatter and printed matter".
February 6, 2026 at 12:37 AM
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transgenderarchive.bsky.social
Evil Taco zine, featuring an interview with visual and performance artist Vaginal Creme Davis (ca. 1982-1992).
For more info about this item, please visit the DTA via the link in our story/bio. Image courtesy of Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive.
#TransHistory #TransIsBeautiful #BlackHistoryMonth
Pictured: cover of zine printed on green paper, with heading “Evil Taco: An Unauthorized Biography” on top and subtitle “(Everything you’ve always wanted to know about Vaginal Creme Davis but were too tired to ask…)” in the bottom left corner. In the middle of the page is a close-up image of Vaginal Davis wearing winged eyeliner. The price is printed in the bottom right corner: “Can. $14.95” and “U.S.A. $12.95.”
February 5, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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mtennie.bsky.social
So what if all the people learn how to work together and intimidate ICE and protect people going to polling places and then the Dems sweep and THEN we apply those skills to the weak Dems that just got elected to impeach Trump and make them fear us like they should. Ehhhhh???
February 5, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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invisiblehistories.bsky.social
Who needs lions, tigers, and bears when you've got bags, flags, and merch! Do you have small items related to Southern LGBTQ history that you'd like us to preserve? Check out our website for how to contact us and let's save that history together.
Image of tote bags, rainbow flags, bracelets, and lanyards related to Southern LGBTQ and social justice organizations and causes. Text reads What can I donate to the archive? bags, flags, and merch
February 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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marc-fischer.bsky.social
I recommend Acme Records so highly, and it's just a block away from Lion's Tooth Books, so you can stress-purchase books and zines either before or after.
February 3, 2026 at 3:21 AM
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zinelibraries.bsky.social
If you're a zine fan who likes to send snail mail, we've got a treat for you 5 zine-themed postcards! We're raising funds for the BIPOC Travel Fund for future Zine Librarians unConference & you can help by ordering a set of 5 zines for just $15 (shipping w/in the U.S. included).
January 31, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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wastedinkdistro.bsky.social
In a time where zines and free press are being challenged daily, we ask for your support! We're celebrating distributing 15,000+ zines over the last 10 years and we want to continue our meaningful work.

Any amount helps!
www.wizd-az.com/fortheloveof...
For the Love of Zines
Wasted Ink Zine Distro is launching a crowd-funding campaign For the Love of Zines . We need to raise $10,000 by February 28 to support the work of WIZD's 10th year, including the production of our...
www.wizd-az.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:56 PM
miloblue.bsky.social
if an up-and-coming multi-modal media company releases a 16 page, 64mb PDF with misaligned margins on the cover, some pages full bleed and some not for download and distro, is it a 'zine?

AFAF
February 2, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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qzap.bsky.social
The new Zine of the Gay post is up!

We've got a cohort of students who will be updating the QZAP blog this semester. They'll be exploring zines from our collections and writing about them every week or so. To start us off, Erica is taking on Some Boys Bleed

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I Knew a Boy who Bled - QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project
Trigger Warning for mentions of suicide attempts Some Boys Bleed is a zine written by Samb about his experience with dysphoria and how he eventually overcame it. The zine seeks to help other trans peo...
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January 30, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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evangreer.bsky.social
Sinead would like a word
January 29, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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makinggayhistory.bsky.social
#NewYearsEve 1967 at the Black Cat bar in Los Angeles’s Silver Lake neighborhood. As the clock counted down and the new year arrived, patrons embraced in same-sex kisses. Then, the police pounced. #NewYears 1/3
Young people protest outside the Black Cat bar in February 1967 (credit: ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives) Young people protest outside the Black Cat bar in February 1967 (credit: ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives)
December 31, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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mkedsa.bsky.social
Hey 3rd district residents - save the date!
3rd District WITH ALEX BROWER TOWN HALL Monday, Feb 2nd @The Vivarium 1818 N FARWELL AVE 6:15 PM DOORS AT 6:00 ICE ACTIVITIES AND OPERATIONS IN MILWAUKEE LWAUKEE DS EST. 2016
January 28, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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hotshotrobot.bsky.social
With the orange demogorgon at his most radioactive ever electorally and endorsing Tom Tiffany for governor, this is the absolute best timing Wisconsin has to elect a democratic socialist.

francescahong.com
Francesca Hong For Governor | Join the Movement: Support Progress
Learn about Francesca Hong's campaign for Wisconsin governor, focusing on policies for working families, public services, and grassroots support.
francescahong.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:15 PM
miloblue.bsky.social
www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/t...
Typography on Pencils, 1-5.
It wouldn't be Pencil Day without a round up of our pencil typography photos. Check out our current stock of new & vintage pencils here.  Please do credit us if you use these images anywhere. Than...
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January 26, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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joliebraun.bsky.social
Really fascinating feature in Zine Guide #5 (2001) about the survey results from zine makers on zine production & circulation. Lots of interesting info here, especially the results of "Where do you copy your zine?" archive.org/details/zine...
Screenshot of "Where do you copy your zine?" survey results. "Printing agency" is at the top of the list with 41.8#%.
January 23, 2026 at 6:31 PM