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QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project
@qzap.bsky.social
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LGBTQ+ zines, comics and print ephemera; queer history; queer arts; queercore subculture, zine librarianship, archives, and overall community building through storytelling and zucchini waffles.

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We will be tabling at Beet Street in Milwaukee this Saturday from 1pm - 7pm-ish.

This street festival is organized and hosted by our friends at Cactus Club, and looks like it's going to be rad as fuck.

Details here:
www.visitmilwaukee.org/event/beet-s...
Image is a psychedelic ameboid frame with purple, green and pink flowers and over a black and white image of two male sailors kissing each other.
October 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Woke up thinking about this sticker that we've got in the archive here:
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Sticker depicting actor Divine holding a pistol. Text reads "Destroy Fascism - Eat Shit Nazi Scum" and has a rainbow flag and a black flag in the upper left with the words "Antihomophobe Action"
September 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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It's Fall!!!!! (Almost) Anyway, we're excited to be mostly exciting the melting dome of summer, and are hitting up some events over the next couple of months.

First up, on Sept. 14 is the Denver Zine Fest!

For a full schedule, check out our post at QZAP:
gittings.qzap.org/gross-indece...
illustration of a brown and white horse standing on a hill of green grass with a blue gradient sky above. Text on the image says "I'm A Denver Zine Fest 2025 Exhibitor!!!"
September 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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"sorry this is late..." said every perzinester ever... so even though we missed the end of International Zine Month by a couple of days, we're still stoked to share this "What Kind of Queer Zine Are You" quiz that QZAP intern @bluespringwrites.bsky.social made:

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A colorful display of queer zines
August 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Zine Librarian’s Code of Ethics zine
July 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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9. The Barnard Zine Library Zine 10. xZINECOREx - Shared Zine Metadata 11. Shared Authority - Zine Union Catalog for Beginners 11. Shared Authority - Zine Union Catalog for Beginners
July 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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5. DIY Zine Libraries 6. From Staple to Spine - A Compendium of Books About Zines, 2022 Edition 7. Two-Fisted Library Stories No.6 8. A Pocket Guide to the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
July 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Here are just a few of the zines ABOUT libraries, info shop, collections, and overall zine librarianship that we’ve collected over the past couple of decades.
1. Bend/Mend/Discard - A Zine About the Brooklyn College Library Zine Collection 2. Blood Orange Infoshop - Demanding The Impossible Tomorrow Since Yesterday 3. A Handful of Librarians Dance in the Empty Caverns of Reactionary Skulls 4. Cite This Zine!
July 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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@miloblue.bsky.social is at #alaac25 this weekend doing stuff with the Zine Pavilion folks. They’ll be selling zines and QZAP swag tomorrow, so stop by if you’re at the conference.
Image shows a sticker with a paper cutter. text reads “If this is the only guillotine you have, use it. Make Zines”
June 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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NO WAR!!!

This is from the ACT UP - Chicago sticker folio circa the early 1990s.

archive.qzap.org/index.php/De...

#nowarwithiran #nowar #aidsfundingnow #actup #actupchicago #chicago #stickers #cracknpeel
Money for AIDS / Not for war / ACT UP Chicago
June 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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The Zine of the Gay is back!! After a brief hiatus for some torch passing, our intern Lauren is making their QZAP ZotG debut with Butcher Queers #4.

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Butcher Queers #4 front cover. A man wearing only rugby helmet and briefs points a toy pistol at the viewer.
June 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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An Army of Lovers Cannot Lose!

Happy Pride, y'all!!

Read the full zine at:
archive.qzap.org/index.php/De...
June 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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We're so exited to announce that we were interviewed by the amazing @caboosezine.bsky.social for the current issue of Razorcake! It's issue no. 146, and it's sliding scale $3–$6+ USD from their website.

razorcake.org/razorcake-14...
Cover of Razorcake #146. Image shows the Razocake logo and then the words "Non-Profit Punk Rock – We Do Our Part" and then a picture of two musicians. One is holding a microphone to their mouth and the other is playing an electric guitar. Text underneath reads Grudgepacker, Big Clown, Life Abuse, Queer Zine Archive Project, One punk's guide to exploring punk's relationship with alcohol.
May 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Hayyyy!!! We'll be tabling at the Milwaukee Zine Fest next Saturday, April 19th, 2025. If you're in Milwaukee please come by and pick up copies of our zines, including Milo's latest "High Fives Are Gay", some of our new buttons, and maybe a Circle-A Archivist t-shirt.

See Ya There 🩷🖤🩷
Graphic image that says Milwaukee Zine Fest 2025 Vendor. Image is of a color gradient and a rough circle. Within the circle are two figures smiling at the camera. Both people are wearing black t-shirts.
April 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM