Zines are an important way of tracking history, particularly the history of social movements — they were crucial organizing tools for protests and community action as well as vehicles for artistic expression. Now, they're becoming part of museum and archive collections. Atlas Obscura discusses their importance for queer and trans communities in the past and today, where they're enjoying a resurgence. "We’re all the voices that don’t show up in other media and presses,” says Milo Miller, co-creator of the Queer Zine Archive Project.

https://flip.it/.m-ug2

#Zines #SocialHistory #Activism #QueerCulture #Culture #TransRights #History @histodons

Omg so someone wrote a musical about bigots trying to cancel Drag Queen Story Hour, and it's debuting in Glens Falls NY! On June 6. On account of the story is about the Rockwell Falls Public Library in Lake Luzerne, NY, and will star Scarlett Sagamore, the original cancelled drag queen. I think this is a great way to deal with the confusion and trauma of such a series of events.

Indeed, they're still casting so spread the word, thespians!

#NY #upstateNY #Drag #DragQueens #theater #CommunityTheater #LGBTQIA #QueerCulture #DragQueenStoryHour #MusicalTheater #satire

https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/controversial-library-closure-inspires-new-musical-in-upstate-new-york

Gerard Donelan comics via Matt & Andrej Koymasky (and @internetarchive)

https://web.archive.org/web/20190305091038/http://andrejkoymasky.com/lou/don/don01.html

You wait ages, then two books on pop music & queer culture come along at the same time!

Ian Wade's 1984: the Year Pop Went Queer, & Connection is a Song by Anna Doble are both just out (no pun intended!) from Nine Eight Books

The musical "Cats" appeared to have been put down after an 18-year run on Broadway, a failed 2016 revival and a ridiculous 2019 film. But there's life in the old cats yet, thanks to a new revival, "Cats: The Jellicle Ball." Here's Time Out's review of the latest version, which is reimagined as a ballroom runway show, complete with extravagant costumes and wigs, and a cast whose performers fall on wide spectrums of gender identity and presentation. "[Co-directors] Levingston and Rauch’s vision fits 'Cats' like a long sequined glove. No chance is missed to tease out potential queer meanings — when the cats sing 'Jellicle cats come out tonight,' some of them carry signs that say 'COME OUT' — and at times, the matches are almost eerily perfect," writes Adam Feldman.

https://flip.it/9zNRQ-

University of #Houston archivists save decades of local #LGBTQ radio show episodes : #NPR

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/28/nx-s1-4969775/pride-houston-lgbtq-history-radio-archive
"My eyes have seen the glory of the coming out of queers. Homophobes have trampled on our rights, they've done so out of fear."

In the 80's, Houston, TX had a #queer #radio show. Which has survived in archives to this day.This was awesome to hear. Even in deep TX, even in the 80s, #QueerCulture was there, doing what it could.
#Pride #PrideMonth

The rowdy queer rebels who turned television gay — Matt Baume

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9OswGSHgwM

This article outlines a study how to find queer joy online, basically: 1. by practicing creativity, artwork, design, fashion; 2. by creatively breaking social norms; 3. by looking for other’s expressions of queer joy.

https://phys.org/news/2024-03-people-creatively-queer-joy-online.html

Время для снеговиков. И для гей-снежков (это мой старенький яойный квазипрожект такой, организовывать городские сходки молодых геев для игры в снежки). #gatherings #queerculture #snow

Belated #introduction post:
I’m an older #genx dude from #southerncalifornia , #losangeles area more specifically.

Words that apply to me, #gay #queer #latine #nerd among others.

I’m using this as a personal account so expect blips from my life and whatever im finding interesting. #photography #food #queerculture #MentalHealrh #scienceFiction #Disney and such.

On June 9, 1995, Wigstock: The Movie debuted in the United States. Here’s some original Lady Bunny fan art to celebrate!
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#WigstockTheMovie #BarryShils #Wigstock #Musical #MusicalDocumentary #Drag #QueerCinema #QueerCulture #MusicalFilm #DragQueens #Documentary #TCMUnderground #Art #MovieArt #MovieHistory

Tattoos are how I mark states of being and "staple" my sense of self into my body - the first one, the bite mark, is in a very real way the first baby step I took to transitioning. It was the first time I felt good about something about myself, and now, a couple years later on estrogen, and a bunch more tattoos (and even more planned), I feel good about so many things.

I don't think it's a coincidence that so many things that are counterculture or taboo in society are exactly the things that help people feel a sense of bodily autonomy. I'm sure there are links to capitalism here, but more deeply I think it's about jealousy and hate.

Jealousy from generational trauma that denied our parents and grandparents ad nausem their own (bodily) autonomy, so they projected that onto us so we wouldn't pursue it ourselves, queer or not.

Hate partially stems from the jealousy, but people are also taught to hate these things by many, many social institutions which demand obedience. Religion is one such institution for many, especially evangelical religions, but is not the only such institution. Class structures frequently use things like prohibitions or mandatory body modifications as a way of co-opting what would otherwise be a sense of freedom.

Bodily autonomy is dangerous to systems of control and obedience, because it's the root of freedom of thought, or at least that's what my years of doing trauma work have taught me. When you have time and ability to decide what to do with yourself, you start to form a deeper connection with yourself and others because it's actually safe to do so.

And I think this is sad on many levels. So, don't be sad go get a tattoo.

(This originally appeared as a set of separate posts on girlcock.club. I've edited and combined them into one post now.)

#tattoos #tattoo #transition #trans #queer #queerCulture

Belated #introduction post:
I’m Nico. I’m an older #genx dude from #southerncalifornia , #losangeles area more specifically

The bio blurb has a number of words/adjectives that all apply to me, #gay #queer #Latino #nerd and the rest et al. I’m using this as a personal account so expect blips from my life and whatever is interesting to me. #photography #food #queerculture #popculture #scienceFiction #Disney and more.

In other words not a Successful narrow focused social media account. LOL

Hi! My name is Sarah, and I'm a queer disabled writer, musician and advocate. I'm #ActuallyAutistic, #PDA, #ADHD, #OCD, #CPTSD, #BipolarII, #GAD, and chronicaly ill, which means it's sometimes quite crowded in my head.

I post about #Neurodivergence, #AutismPride, #OCDRecovery, #TraumaHealing, #DisabledCulture + #QueerCulture, #Perfectionism, #Poetry, #Creativity, #Drag, and #SelfLove.

My father is a professional clown. That may explain a lot.