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The Queer Sports Project: Come Out and Play! @ TCAF
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A comics anthology celebrating LGBTQ+ stories in sports!

Published by award-winning Stacked Deck Press!

Kickstarter launches March 4:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stackeddeckpress/come-out-and-play-the-queer-sports-project
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Happy holidays, queer sports fans! Come Out and Play: The Queer Sports Project is now available at stackeddeckpress.com in time to fill your gift giving needs! Over 25 all-LGBTQ+ contributors ranging from indie comics legends to real life sports stars! Order today to receive your copy by Christmas!
December 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Tonight! Join us at Untamed Spirits, L.A.’s coolest queer-owned sports bar, for a book launch party for Come Out and Play! Get your copy signed by contributors Megan Praz, Josh Trujillo, and Andy Casadonte! Stay for the friends and the fun! Starts 7:00 PM tonight!

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November 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Los Angeles! November 5th at 7 pm. Join us at Untamed Spirits to celebrate COME OUT AND PLAY, the queer sports anthology.

Grab a drink and hang out with the artists at LA's home for women's sports 🏳️‍🌈
November 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Join us for Pride on the Page Sat Nov 1 at the Palm Springs Cultural Center from 10AM to 5:30PM! Get your own copy of Come Out and Play: The Queer Sports Project, or pick yours up if you backed it on Kickstarter! See the panel discussion Book It: The Ins and Outs of Getting Published and Promoted!
October 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Dropping off a batch of Come Out and Play @Kickstarter fulfillment at the post office! We are underway with physical rewards! We plan to get all rewards out by the end of the month!

#kickstarter #lgbtqcomics #sportscomics #fulfillment #comeoutandplay #queersportsproject #awesome
October 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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I love the smell of Kickstarter fulfillment in the morning…or early afternoon…whatever…

#kickstarter #fulfillment #ComeOutAndPlay #lgbtqcomics #sportscomics #queercomics
October 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Join Come Out and Play contributors Andy Casdonte, @dogspunk.bsky.social, Steve MacIsaac, @meganpraz.bsky.social, @sonyasaturdayart.bsky.social, and @losthiskeysman.bsky.social for a panel discussion at Los Angeles Comic Con! Saturday Sept 27 at 3PM in room 402B and the book signing at booth 1420!
September 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Stacked Deck Press will be sitting in once again with our friends @prismcomics.bsky.social at Los Angeles Comic Con! We’ll be debuting our latest publication Come Out and Play: The Queer Sports Project! Join us for a panel discussion and a book signing with several of our talented contributors!
September 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Got mailers. Got stickers. Now we need the books to get into fulfillment for Come Out and Play: The Queer Sports Project!
September 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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It's official! Sports icon @thechrismosier.bsky.social is writing our FOREWORD!

He's "the man who changed the Olympics": an 8-time Team USA member, 5-time Men’s National Champion, and founder of TransAthlete.com.

Read this fierce, proud essay in COME OUT AND PLAY! Get your copy: kck.st/41Hjqj6
Photo of Chris Mosier Macro image with a quote from Chris Mosier: "The truth is this: we've been here all along. ... We play sports because our bodies are not apologies. We play because competition runs in our blood just as fiercely as pride does. We play because when we move -- when we sprint, leap, throw, tackle, dance across ice or grass or court -- we become undeniably, powerfully ourselves." A picture of a page from Chris Mosier's foreword to Come Out and Play.
August 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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We're so HONORED to announce that @heatherhogan.bsky.social is writing our book's INTRO!!

We're big fans of Heather's AWESOME writing about sports, queerness, & pop culture.

Read her beautiful essay in COME OUT AND PLAY this fall! Preorder your copy: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta...
Picture of writer/editor Heather Hogan, wearing glasses and smiling in front of a bookshelf A macro image of a quotation from Heather Hogan: "As I was reading Come Out and Play the first time, with tears running down my face, I kept thinking, "This is me! Here I am!" Come Out and Play is about all of us. Folks for whom sports and queerness are tangled together, inextricable. Queer athletes, at all levels, who want to be their full selves, on the field and the court and the pitch, in the weightroom and the pool, at the skatepark and the gym." A page from Heather Hogan's introduction to Come Out and Play.
August 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Advance copies of Come Out and Play: The Queer Sports Project just arrived! Preorders still open on @kickstarter.bsky.social!
August 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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OBSESSED.

She's such a star and this outfit is awesome ❤️
July 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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COVER REVEAL!

Look at this big beautiful rainbow masterpiece by @andycasadonte.bsky.social!

Just a few more days until this baby is headed to the printer!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta...

#booksky #comicsky #coverreview
May 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Holy cow & congratulations to QSP contributors @jonahnewmancomics.bsky.social and Jon Macy on their #Eisner nominations!
May 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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I don't know how you all run your comics editorial meetings but for us it's just passing The Meme back and forth forever
The famous "graphic design is my passion" meme with the papyrus font and the goofy green frog clip art
May 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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I just had to share a tiny little sneak peek at this Glenn Burke story with you all! @losthiskeysman.bsky.social and @kitschharris.bsky.social are cooking up something really really special here ⚾🏳️‍🌈
Panel from a comic about Glenn Burke by Josh Trujillo and Kitsch Harris, showing Burke at bat about to hit the ball
May 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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"I love sports because I love team." ❤️🏳️‍🌈✊

Here's icon @rkrelentless.bsky.social on the power of sports & storytelling at WonderCon.

The Queer Sports Project is all about the power of TEAM! We're here to bring people together and celebrate LGBTQ+ athletes!

Get the book here: kck.st/41Hjqj6
April 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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COME OUT AND PLAY is funded!

Wow! We did it! Thank you to all 547 folks who backed us, and to everyone who helped us spread the word! We're making this project FOR YOU and couldn't have done it without you. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

Stay tuned for more news about printing & rewards!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta...
April 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
queersportsproject.bsky.social
Last chance to back Come Out and Play, the LGBTQ+ sports comics anthology!

An all-star team of athletes and artists!

We're celebrating LGBTQ+ athletes! Joy, transformation, defeat, resilience, and defiance!

#SportsAreForEveryone

Back it now! Last chance: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta...
April 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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"We got to make this sexy tortured queer yearning love story... Is there any other kind?"

Here's @meganpraz.bsky.social talking about her 🏀 teamup with THE @mcrane12.bsky.social at WonderCon!

Read their lovers-to-rival basketball comic in Come Out and Play: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta...
April 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Here's our brilliant co-editor @meganpraz.bsky.social talking about her love of the WNBA and queer sports @ WonderCon!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta...
April 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Reminiscing about this awesome @prismcomics.bsky.social Queer Comics & Resistance panel at WonderCon!

So proud of our QSP contributors! @meganpraz.bsky.social @rkrelentless.bsky.social @sonyasaturdayart.bsky.social @taramavery.bsky.social and our friends/fellow panellists!
April 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Last call for add-ons!

We've got 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ pride wristbands from @vc-ultimate.bsky.social!

We've got the #SportsAreGay sticker set from @meganpraz.bsky.social!

Only on our Kickstarter. Just hours left to go! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta...
April 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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ATTN: Hockey fans!

Back us at $150 and get a copy of Come Out and Play, plus a puck signed by Angela James and her son/co-author Michael James-McDonald!

A piece of sports history! Only ONE puck left... and only HOURS left to grab it! Don't miss it!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta...
April 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM