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This list consists of queer zine reviews from Factsheet Five #50 and #51.
These reviews also are in Queer Zine Explosion #10. The listing was
compiled at the end of February, 1994, and includes zines received since
September, 1993. This is not a complete list of queer zines -- it does
not include zines which have not published since before Sept. 1993. For a
list of older zines, or additional material from the paper version (for
instance, a list of non-queer zine resources) send email to Larry-bob at
lroberts@bellahs.com.
There are also sections on APAs, video, and some announcements at the
end of the file.
Zines with a "*" at the beginning of the Descr field have new issues
and those with a "+" are the first review of the zine. Zines without
either symbol were reviewed in Factsheet Five #50, and those with a
symbol were reviewed in Factsheet Five #51. Confusing, yes.
Send queer zines for review to
Larry-bob
Box 591275
SF CA 94159-1275
(email: lroberts@bellahs.com)
%Title: 24-7: Notes From The Inside Issue vol 1 #3
%Descr: +This is a publication of Students and Teens Opposing Psychiatric
Abuse. It is by young psychiatric survivors who have experienced first
hand incarceration in the mental health system. Sandra is
institutionalized after threatening suicide; resources, including the
National Center for Lesbian Rights, which wants to stop practices of
institutions trying to change people's sexual identities; abuse in
juvenile hall; a piece by Rosebud Denovo about being institutionalized at
age 14; "Violence Initiaitive targets youth"; advertising for a
psychiatric center; electric shock therapy banned in Connecticut; a youth
bill of rights. Subscriptions: 6 issues on a sliding scale: free to $10
for students, $15 to $35 for adults, $52 for institutions. Trades ok.
%Info: $2 to S.T.O.P Abuse Network 47 Cuvier St SF CA 94112 16
pages, digest
%Title: Abrupt Lane Edge Issue 3
%Descr: This is a one-person queer boy zine; the focus tends to be punk
and personal stuff. Lesbian Avengers manifesto; Kurt Kobain; an Anonymous
Boy drawing; alienation at a college dance; a rant about a gay pride
festival; dumpster diving; Chris talks about straight boys, including his
Fed-Ex driver fantasies; a chart of good punx gone bad (yes, the pathetic
Big Audio Dynamite is what's left of the Clash); a letter from Chris' dad
about the evils of homosexuality; article and photos about the Dragon
Queens, a group of L.A. drag queens who parody Asian stereotypes; Bob
Mould review; more music writing. A really friendly-feeling zine.
%Info: $1 to Chris Wilde Box 80570
Minneapolis MN 55408 28 pages, digest
%Title: Ad/vance Issue vol 2 #1
%Descr: *Vance records those head-scratching weirdnesses of contemporary
culture. Vance suffers from Gong Li fever; a gross recipe for Mac & Stuff;
an account of being a subject in a sleep study; a top ten list that goes
from Kate Bush to Karen Finley to Amanda Bearse's coming out; patron
saints of various jobs; foreign-language Connie Francis records.
%Info: $1 to Ad/vance 1581 Colonial Terrace #101 Arlington VA 22209-
1428 8 pages, digest
%Title: The Adventures of Baby Dyke Issue 3
%Descr: *More comic adventures of Baby Dyke in San Francisco.
%Info: $4.50 to The Adventures of Baby Dyke 4311 Crestheights Road
Baltimore MD 21215 20 pages, standard
%Title: Alleged Literature
%Descr: *These folks publish a wide array of comics), much of it by Ms.
Jeremy Dennis, such as Dyke-U-Like, a collection of strips including "My
Girlfriend Dumped Me For a Vampire" ($2); 3 in a Bed, about three
roommates and their adventures at college and in bed ($5); the 3 in a Bed
Supplement, which features two gay male characters getting to know each
other intimately ($2); and Nobody Knows I'm Famous, a collection of
miscelaneous comics by Ms. Dennis ($5). Also, they publish the anthology
comic Moist Penguin, which includes comics by Jeremy, Bob Lynch, Sina of
Concerned Muthers, C. Clayton, Julian Foster, Moon Trent, and a Hunt
Emerson sketch ($3). And there's Furry Furry, anthropomorphic animal
comics by Damian Cugley, John Miller, and Jeremy Dennis; Damian's comic is
about cat-people on a picnic (one character mentions in passing that he's
only had male lovers); John presents angular comics about a cat; Jeremy's
comic is about spacefaring dogs. ($2)
%Info: 1.20 pounds to c/o D. Cugley 26 Princes St. Oxford OX4 1DD
England
%Title: Allen Renfro Publishing Limited
%Descr: A series of poetry chapbooks, including "Day Naked," "X," "Fag,"
"Rialto," Crying," "Down On All Fours,"and "I'm Not Finished Eating The
Moon." The first two are illustrated with Cocteau-esque drawings of men
having sex, and they also contain the most sexually overt poems; "Fag"
deals more with homophobia; "Rialto" ($3) with pictures of men in rural
settings, seems to be a memorial. "I'm Not Finished..." includes a poem
with the lines "Yeah I know racist fags/ They hate dykes too/ Because They
Hate/ Themselves more than/ Anybody."
%Info: $2 to Allen Renfro Publishing Limited Route 6, Box 590 Harriman
TN 37748 28 pages, digest
%Title: Alphabet Threat Issue 6
%Descr: This issue of the tabloid zine of anarchist politics, sexuality
and other fun is titled "Face the Threat." There's much stuff in here,
including a list of questions about privilege; a story about taking a shit
in a suspicious small town; how the government fucked shit up for the
underground press in the 60's; bike rider gripes; a guide to applying for
unemployment, g.a. and food stamps -- and, in a good example of the
variety of voices in this publication, another article about why
anarchists shouldn't take money from a government they don't believe in;
stuff about violence; a visit to be tested for HIV antibodies; history of
the diggers (the ones in the 1600's); faking orgasms; going to queer
country with k.d. lang; male impotence; masturbating in the shower.
%Info: $1 to Alphabet Threat 3018 J St. #140 Sacramento CA 95816 16
pages, tabloid
%Title: The American Gay & Lesbian Atheist Issue vol 11 #5
%Descr: News briefs of interest to lesbians and gays, especially dealing
with issues of freedom from religion. There's also letters from readers,
including a report from a conference on Black gays confronting the church.
%Info: $1? to The American Gay & Lesbian Atheist Box 66711 Houston TX
77266-6711 8 pages, standard
%Title: Angles Issue Vol 12 #1
%Descr: +This is a g/l/b newspaper from Vancouver. There's an actual
positive skinhead article, about anti-nazi skinheads who patrol Davie St.,
which is apparently the gay area; lesbian access to insemination services;
an official apologizes for a package being opened that was being sent to a
gay/lesbian bookstore; confidentiality and secrecy about HIV status; a
queer youth perspective on panhandling; an interview with filmmaker Isaac
Julien about his recent film The Attendant; lots more news, arts coverage,
etc.
%Info: $2 to Angles 1170 Bute St. Vancouver BC V6E 1Z6 Canada
%Title: Anonymous Boy Collection Issue 2
%Descr: +Anonymous Boy's drawings were one of the features of the classic
queer zine JDs. He's still drawing, and this is a collection of drawings
of punk boys getting it on. The archetypal Anonymous Boy drawing is of a
couple of boys cumming under a wall full of punk posters, and there's
several of those drawings in this collection, as well as pictures of guys
meeting at clubs, guys at a demonstration, and making out in the surf.
%Info: $1 to Tony Arena 321 West 16th St (2W) NY NY 10011 10 pages,
standard
%Title: Anything That Moves Issue 6
%Descr: This zine is produced by and for bisexuals. It has lots of
resources, and lots of articles. March on Washington stuff; a maried man
discovers his bisexuality; a gallery of paintings by Pearl Davies Saad,
and an essay about them; an interview with two Finnish bi activists;
profiles of bisexual artists; review of Claire of the Moon, which analyses
all the bad press the film has gotten; book reviews, poetry, resource
lists, more.
%Info: $6 to BABN 2404 California St. #24 SF CA 94115 68 pages,
standard
%Title: Artpolice Issue vol 20 #2
%Descr: The all-death issue. Lots of "art" drawings. My favorite thing is
a comic by Bruce Peterson with the story "Annuals," in which a man grows a
pumpkin which hatches a woman, and then the cycle continues.
%Info: $2 to Artpolice 5228 43rd Av So. Mpls MN 55417 20 pages,
Mini
%Title: Autonosexual Revolt Issue 2
%Descr: +Letters questioning anti-SM statements in the previous issue;
comic about a bad experience working at a bar; trying to figure out what
non-fascist love and sex and friendship are; being assertive, as opposed
to being domineering; RAGE for Choice zine; masturbation; resisting casual
objectification; a photo of a group of people cuddling; trying to esablish
trusting, nurturing relationships; what vulnerability is.
%Info: $1 to Autonosexual Revolt c/o Breaking Ranks
Box 8694 Mpls MN 55408-9998 24 pages, digest
%Title: Baby Sue Issue vol 4 #2
%Descr: *If you have a sick sense of humor and like to be verbally
abused, you'll love Baby Sue comics. Baby Sue and Smokie Bear start fires;
Jesus talks about his love for children; Party Mommy says to "Party like
HELL when you're pregnant"; Ace Backwards comics; article about killing
kids in the Peace Corps; comic about being a Manic-Depressive, Dope-
Shooting, Suicidal, Homosexual Teenager; article about writing business
letters; Those Wacky Squalids reminisce about the night they met, which
they were too trashed to remember; some short poems (sample quote: "Hate
most certainly IS a family value").
%Info: $2 to Baby Sue Box 1111 Decatur GA 30031-1111 20 pages,
digest
%Title: Bad Attitude Issue 4
%Descr: This is the Bad Attitude that's a British radical women's
newspaper, not the one that's a S/M magazine. The features in this issue
are about "workfare" programs; artificial insemination; bringing up a
child; an interview with American Black woman writer Paule Marshall; women
in mining communities protest aginst closure of mines; an interview with a
woman involved with a campaign for women who have killed their abusers;
interview with a woman from a lesbian centre; poor people penalized more
for drug-related offenses; ritual abuse; the continuing nuclear resistance
camps; council tax.
%Info: 2 pounds to Bad Attitude 121 Railton Rd London SE24 OLR
England 28 pages, tabloid
%Title: Bi Girl World Issue 4
%Descr: This zine discusses both the contemporary realities of being
bisexual, and the historical lives of bi women. A hot letter from Lulu
(THE Lulu?); essay on the strength of desire for the unattainable, like
straight girls; bi girls in film and video from the dawn of the cinema to
the present; a story about a woman who admits her desire to make love to a
married couple to the wife; historical bi women.
%Info: $2 to Karen F. 99 Newtonville Ave. Newton MA 02158 26 pages,
standard
%Title: Bitch Issue 1
%Descr: ++ Bitch: What women should be; color the female reproductive
system; the media promotes women's insecurity to keep up sales of Chanel
and Ultra Slimfast; ways to express yourself; feminism is about equality,
not man-hating; realize your own freedom of speech; more.
%Info: $1 to Sara Hsu-Keller Wellesley College/Buke, 106 Central St.
Wellesley MA 02181-8281 14 pages, standard
%Title: Black Leather In Color Issue 1
%Descr: +"Leather on the Cutting Edge for People of Color and Their
Friends." Leather titleholders of color; clips and clamps on a budget; the
demise of the SM group Lesborados; a sexy story about a guy who runs into
a friend he fooled around with in highschool; controversy in the Ebony in
Leather contest; an interview with the president on Gay Male S&M
Activists, who is Asian; a black man writes about being from Chattanooga
and into leather; hot, hot photos of a black guy with a mohawk being
worshipped by a long-haired white guy; offerings to the Mistress;
piercing; "Southerner," a story about a white guy who gets picked up by a
black master; the Spike's slave auction; photos from the Black Leather In
Color DemoDance; a column about politics by Gregory Adams.
%Info: $4 to Black Leather In Color 874 Broadway #808 NY NY 10003
40 pages, standard
%Title: Black Sheets Issue 2
%Descr: +Reclaiming sleaze; how to have a safer sex party; some thoughts
on sex and the virus; the March on Washington; a conversation with Billy
Miller, current editor of Straight To Hell; a story about a guy who goes
to a place where women play with themselves behind glass. Age statement
required.
%Info: $6 to The Black Book Box 31155 SF CA 94131 24 pages,
standard Age statement required.
%Title: Blondzine Issue 1
%Descr: +Blond Nation is dedicated to ending discrimination and
stereotypes based on hair color. Spotlight on Mae West; Food Not Bombs;
poems, including "I Kissed John Sex"; artist LibArt; the Blond Nation
agenda; good hair colors for different astrological signs; Blond Nation
stickers.
%Info: $5 to Dawn of Aquarius 2261 Market St #442 SF CA 94114 34
pages, standard
%Title: The Bondage Book Issue 1
%Descr: Rick Castro describes this zine of photos as the world's first
"Coffeetable Zine." Most of the photos are of guys trussed up like the
prey of a libidinous spider. A couple pages feature Peter Berlin, and
there's a two-page photo of a person mummified in duct tape. (Imagine the
feeling of it being yanked off! Youch!) Also notable are the tied-up
nipples on the pages entitles "Nine Inch Nipples." There's also a letter
from a prisoner about witnessing a gang rape, and a story about kids who
abuse nerve gas and laxatives and wear colostomy bags. If you're into
bondage, this could fuel weeks of fantasy.
%Info: $10 to Rick Castro 1312 North Stanley Av LA CA 90046 66
pages, standard
%Title: Boy Crazy Boy Issue 1
%Descr: +Solo comics by Sina of Concerned Muthers. Li'l queer's long hair
is threatened by Suede's popularity; "Island of Apollo," a nearly wordless
comic in which a guy meets Greek gods; a comic that asks "Why can't a
man's dick be sensuous?"; choosing faces; an autobio comic about a crush;
a couple Keanu Reeves drawings.
%Info: $1 to Sina Box 385A Surbiton, Surrey KT6 7YJ UK 16 pages,
Euro digest
%Title: Brave New Tick Issue vol 2 #1
%Descr: +Paul talks about his heroes, from childhood to the present, and
what they did to lose their hero status; Baba Rae Saba, the French-
Canadian mystic; a random-dot 3-d image; people seeking letters; a comix
diary; a communique from the SDS; more poetry, art, and exchange info.
%Info: 52 cent SASE + donation to Graftographic Press Box 24 S Grafton
MA 01560
%Title: Bugger
%Descr: +A reprint of a 1964 anthology featuring work by Szabo, Allen
Ginsberg, Ed Sanders, Ted Berrigan, John Harriman, Ron Padgett, Al Fowler,
John Keys, and Harry Fainlight, all writing on the theme of buggery --
that is, anal sex. Fainlight is especially interesting -- in a section
about public sex, he writes, "Beneath a dripping cistern, eyes/ Dart like
rare fish; each making off/ With snapped-up morsels of surmise."
%Info: $6 to BSBN Box 7205 Mpls MN 55407 24 pages, standard
%Title: Bulk Male Issue vol 3 #5
%Descr: If you look at any mainstream gay porno magazine, the guys in it
are going to be under 30, hairless, white, thin gym queens. The men in
this magazine are the opposite of that in nearly all aspects besides race.
And they reflect reality much more than the never-never-land of mainstream
gay porn. There are three sets of solo photos, and one pictorial of two
men, one of them grizzled and wearing a hardhat and tool belt. There's
also an article on gaining weight; a hot story about two men's reunion in
their childhood clubhouse; chubby men in the media; plus lots of contact
ads, and a Bear and Girth & Mirth club directory.
%Info: $6 to Big Bull Inc. Box 300352 Denver CO 80203 56 pages,
standard
%Title: Bundle of Sticks Issue 10
%Descr: This is supposedly the memorial issue of BOS; according to
newspaper clippings reprinted here, TEG died in a car fire. There's an
article by Nathan Lee about TEG; an unfinished essay by TEG; an interview
with TEG; reactions to TEG's death (some of these are clearly cases of
putting words in people's mouths); a comic by Rob Kirby about TEG that's
probably the best thing in the zine; AIDS and anti-sex legislation; a call
to queers to stop trying to appropriate concepts of sexuality from other
cultures; an open letter to Patrick Scully, in which TEG calls him an
exhibitionist (sounds like the pot calling the kettle black); notes about
TEG's ex-boyfriends; old letters from Bruce La Bruce; a boy's guide of
tearoom sex. If TEG's really dead, this is a nice tribute, but if he's
not, it's kind of self-indulgent.
%Info: $3 to Bundle of Sticks 54 S 9th St #132 Mpls MN 55402 52
pages, half legal
%Title: busy Bea's bush Issue 2
%Descr: +A contest for which the prize is Chastity Bono; confession of
liking 70's music; photos of Heavens to Betsy, bratmobile, and Bikini
Kill; a 3rd grade questionaire; a rant against people who are afraid to
challenge and change their prejudices; a poem about being betrayed; book
and music reviews; more writing and stuff.
%Info: 50 cents to Nicole 1141 Boyce Rd Pittsburgh PA 15241 20
pages, digest
%Title: Caress: The Erotic Writer's Newsletter Issue 4
%Descr: +This newsletter lists markets for writers of erotic prose (and
poetry). There's also some reviews of books.
%Info: 2 IRCs to The Write Solution
Flat I Flat 1, 11 Holland Road Hove, East Sussex BN3 IJF UK 8 pages,
standard
%Title: Celebrate the Self Issue Vol 2, #2
%Descr: *This is a newsletter about solo sex -- in other words,
masturbation. It's only about male masturbation, though. Adive column
about sexual health; different masturbation techniques; Inner journeys,
including a man who's exploring crossdressing; book and video reviews.
They also publish the book Solo Sex: Advanced Techniques ($17.50)
%Info: to Factor Press 6920 Airport Blvd #117-100 Mobile AL 36608
16 pages, standard
%Title: Chaos Issue 9
%Descr: +A hand-written personal zine. Most of it is a long piece that
flows through getting ready for an interview, staying up for more than 24
hours, taking vows of silence, jobs and bosses, and some thoughts on
needing physical contact. There's also some drawings, a poem, and more.
%Info: stamps to joel epanouri 146 Langdon Madison WI 53703 16
pages, digest
%Title: The Cherotic Revolutionary Issue 4
%Descr: *This zine is edited by performance artist Frank Moore. There's
an editorial by Frank about how if they're offending all hues of
separatist/sexist/elitist thinking, they must be doing something right; a
story by Carol Queen about getting turned on while alone; photography of
mud-covered people kissing by Nina Glaser; "Jesus lives on Haight St.";
sex and spirituality in Native American traditions; paintings by JoAnn
Pettit; "Tribal Performance" by Frank Moore; Professor Curtis' cult video
store; a piece by Steven Kauffman about being told to tell the truth and
then lied to at a psychiatric institute; a Cherotic fable about the sexual
revolution; photos of Lina Montano by Annie Sprinkle; poetry.
%Info: $5 to Frank Moore Box 11445 Berkeley CA 94701-2245 36 pages,
standard
%Title: Chocolate Impulse Issue 1
%Descr: +Valerie Chocolate and Faith Impulse are two rednecks (even
though Valerie's black), but they know how to have fun. This zine proves
once again that zines done by people from the middle of nowhere are often
much better than those done by people in big cities. There's a piece about
the hate-filled people in the place where they live; a great anti-Answer
Me rant (although Faith admits to a crush on Debbie Goad); fiction about a
woman who can't have pleasurable sex; the deaths of friends; a story about
a woman and her furry lover; "Pot-smokin', Cunt-lickin', Lesbian Kentucky
Weekend"; poems by Valerie, including one about the "incoherent and ill"
Claudia; full-color cover features a French butt-plug.
%Info: $1+2 stamps to C.I. c/o Box 605 Freeburn KY 41528 36 pages,
digest
%Title: Coddle Issue 3
%Descr: +Some ramblings about society's stupidity; being straightedge;
new answers for advice column questions; everyone poops and farts; the
kind of cross-examination that rape victims go through; anti anti-
persperant info; bigoted fraternity songs; skater boy pictures (and a
request for photos of girl sk8ers); 25 ways to be "alternative" (it's
sarcastic); gender roles; dyke page and fag page; a really good article
about boys who feel left out -- it makes the points that boys are affected
by gender roles too, and female stuff is outnumbered by male stuff in most
zines; annoying sales people on commission; safe sex with saran wrap;
reviews.
%Info: $1 to Stacy 74 Rangeley Ave Brockton MA 02401
%Title: ColorLife! Issue vol 2 #4
%Descr: +The Lesbian, Gay, Twospirit & Bisexual People of Color Magazine.
Articles on how Timberland has made money off of people of color, but
gives nothing back; 1993 in review; speech from the March on Washington
about fighting racism by banning the military; a book by Arab American and
Arab Canadian women; a discussion by Black women about solidarity across
sexual practices; a fax zap on the Apollo Theater because they booked Buju
Banton; Outwrite 93 report; interview about the Black Lesbian and Gay
Leadership Forum's conference; Simon Nkoli returns; the science fiction
book Larissa is about a black woman, but has a white woman on the cover;
reviews, event listings, and more.
%Info: $2 to ColorLife! 2840 Broadway, Suite 287 NY NY 10025 40
pages, standard
%Title: Concerned Muthers
%Descr: *This is a great queer comix zine. #2: Comic about a couple of
friends; story about a weird time-warped metalhead time when they have TV
channels for religious right shopping and anarchists; "Everybody Thinks
I'm a Lesbian" comic; sexual inadequacies of various superheroes; Keanu
Reeves paperdoll; the 2nd part of the comic story of the faery Max and his
pals, in which they return to Earth and find out that the forces of evil
have been unleashed; Tales of Darrel No-dick; more. (A4-28/$3) #3 has a
Trina Robbins cover; a rant about the problem with labels; pages from the
queer zine Chemical Smile about rugby thugs beating up a gay kid; slagging
Suede corner; lyrics to Sister George's "Fighting Back"; a fairie tale
about Little Black Leather Cap, who can take care of herself just fine; "I
was a child transvestite" comic by Mark Connorton; Voodoo Queens gig
review; an anti-Vertigo Comics rant; another episode of Max and the gang.
(A5-28/$2)
%Info: to Concerned Muthers c/o Box 385A Surbiton, Surrey KT6 7YJ UK
%Title: Cross-Talk: The Gender Community's News & Information Monthly
Issue #50
%Descr: This monthly publication caters primarily to heterosexual male
crossdressers, though it may be of interest to other transgender people.
It certainly comes out frequently enough, and has enough text, to keep you
busy reading all year. Features in this issue include an article about
science fiction conventions; four television TV moments (is this photo of
Reuben Kincaid as a fairy godmother for real?!?); a reaction to a nasty
letter to the N. Y. Times about people who were in "Paris is Burning".
Plus columns with tips on make-up and passing as a woman, and one written
by the wife of a crossdresser.
%Info: $7 to Cross-Talk: The Gender Community's News & Information
Monthly Box 944 Woodland Hills CA 91365 44 pages, standard
%Title: Cubbyhole Issue 1
%Descr: +Some collages with words on various topics: people's attitudes
about rape; In 1920, women attained the right to vote. This was also the
first year of the Miss America Pageant"; fuck cars; comic about girls
fucking shit up by peeing in public, stealing electricity, etc; the waif
look; kissing a straight girl; the rebel girl; record reviews; space
capsule lists; zine reviews.
%Info: stamps to Caroline 1405 SW Park Ave #6 Portland OR 91201 16
pages, Mini
%Title: Cum & Roses
%Descr: +"Rock-n-roll Homoerotica." A mini-zine of cross-hatched drawings
of long-haired fags, which makes reference to Axl Rose and Elvis'
Jailhouse Rock.
%Info: $1 to C. Bard Cole 700 E 9th St #2 NY NY 10009 24 pages,
Mini
%Title: Daisy Chain Issue 3
%Descr: +This is the sex issue. "The Ballad of Northacres Park," which is
about a cruising ground. It seems to be a parody, but I'm not sure what
of. A rundown of San Diego's sex spots -- bookstores, bathouses, and
beaches. Plus Spanish-language safe-sex comics.
%Info: stamps to Daisy Chain 1400 34th Ave #111 Seattle WA 98122 12
pages, digest
%Title: Damaged Goods Issue 2
%Descr: This theme of this issue of this transgender zine is pirates. Why
pirates? "Because pirates don't whine." The issue starts with a well-
considered editorial; Candy Flip writes more about turning tricks at the
Mother Lode; drawings with text about Anne Bonny, who dresses as a man and
becomes a pirate; a piece of pornography; the second part of a science
fiction story; psycho drag queens in New York in 1983. There are also
great illustrations in the style of Beardsley.
%Info: $3 to Nygel Wesly Daggers 584 Castro #251 SF CA 94114-2500
40 pages, half legal
%Title: Demure Butchness Issue 4
%Descr: Interview with gay comedy troupe Hot Dish; Miss Epiphany visits
an orgy; a leatherpunk reveals that not all leathermen are over 40;
playing the blonde; top 20 men of Minnesota; Mpls phallic symbols; A
sexual fantasy with John Killacky; the club kids diary; how to tell if
you're a leatheroid; postcards from an ex-boyfriend; confessions of a
Stephen King addict.
%Info: $3 to Demure Butchness Box 2049, Loop Station Mpls MN 55402
48 pages, half legal
%Title: The Desert Peach Issue 19
%Descr: *Donna Barr's comic about the Desert Fox's gay brother, officer
of the German 469th Halftrack, Support, and Gravedigging Batallion in
North Africa. In this issue, the soldiers under The Peach's command harass
the only fervent Nazi in the unit, but the tricks end up blowing up in The
Peach's face.
%Info: $5 to AEON 5014-D Roosevelt Way NE Seattle WA 98105 52
pages, comic book
%Title: Diseased Pariah News Issue 8
%Descr: It's been a while since the last issue of this zine by and for
HIV+ people with a sense of humor, but it's back now, better than ever.
AIDS Barbie; why we dance in the streets at pride parades; hiding your HIV
status is mysterious and sexy; Ward and June are concerned that the Beaver
doesn't have condoms or bleach; comparison of different brands of poppers
-- I mean carburetor cleaners; nude centerfold photo; the Dead Boyfriends
Society; signs of death; advice from Aunt Kaposi; the new clone vs. the
AIDS clone; the many "Get Fat, Don't Die" recipes in this issue are all
vegetarian; the stupidity of red ribbons; pornkartoffel reviews the porn
video Mein Kock.
%Info: $3 to DPN c/o Men's Support Center
Box 30564 Oakland CA 94604 48 pages, half legal
%Title: Don't Dis Dolly Issue 2
%Descr: *This is one of those personal-diary-type zines. It's done by a
queer boy. A rebuttal to an article from the Village Voice about straight
people who pose as queers; review of Huggy Bear, Frumpies and Blood
Sausage concert; record reviews; straight white male guilt, and why it's
pointless; the Wonderqueer manifesto; no straight person will understand
coming out; potential queerpunk band names; a couple pages by Anna about
people who scrutinize the lives of others; more.
%Info: $1 + 2 stamps to Chris Ohnesorge Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville NY 10708
%Title: Dragazine Issue 6
%Descr: *Full-color cover photo of Gypsy; review of Nan Goldin's photo
book of drag queens, "The Other Side"; a farce about J. Edgar Hoover's
crossdressing; interview with Gypsy, who appeared in Mel Brooks' To Be Or
Not To Be; photos of the queens of Wigstock '93; a report on the Style
Summit; article on heterosexual crossresser Virginia Prince; photos that
answer the question, "Can nudists transvest?"; Interview with the late
Cockette Philthee Ritz, aka Martin Worman; the "Fur Is a Drag" campaign;
makeup tips for goths, including the point that the idea is to look pale,
not made-up; interview with the late Dorian Corey, who was in Paris Is
Burning.
%Info: $5.95 to Dragazine Box 691664 West Hollywood CA 90069 32
pages, standard
%Title: Dreams That Kill
%Descr: +This is a collection of stories by Jeffery Kennedy, the queer
zine pioneer who published Boysville USA in the late 80's while most of
you still were reading Ethan Mordden. The stories include "Date Patrol,"
about a futile visit to a bar, and a phone call from a sex-addicted ex-
boyfriend; a story about a kid and his radio; a boy, his record
collection, and Dusty Springfield; "Katie Dreams of Horses," about a girl
who cannot have what she most wants; plus a couple more short stories. And
that's just the text. The book itself is a beautiful work of art, with
silk-screened images in a rainbow of colors -- even glow-in-the-dark.
%Info: $6.95 to Pas de chance Box 6704, Station "A" Toronto Ontario
M5W 1X5 Canada 36 pages, Mini
%Title: DWAN Issue 5
%Descr: Information about Valerie Solanis, author of the SCUM manifesto;
Pat Mangan on shit as a baldness remedy; Carol Schneck's story about a
girl, a boy, and a yellow dress; excerpt from a book by Aphra Behn; B. Z.
Niditch essay that starts "I could have been born anywhere in the 20th
century."
%Info: 2 stamps to Donny Smith Box 411 Bellefonte PA 16823 16
pages, digest
%Title: Dyke Review Issue Fall/Winter 93
%Descr: There's plenty of writing, comics, and photos by a variety of
contributors in this zine. Desert Dykes comics about lesbians and their
dog; Gale Edeawo tells why she doesn't write love poetry; wacky phrases
from dykes' personal ads, like "I have my own teeth"; a story about a
woman and her father, who is dying; a 3rd-grade baby dyke falls for a girl
with a Texas accent; a woman has a nightmare about a her lover having a
baby; excerpts from Donna Jackson's book about being a lesbian soldier;
Diana and paganism; a woman getting over a relationship meets someone new;
missing a lover when she's away; a letter to an ex-lover; biker notes;
more stuff. Donna Jackson's book is also available for $17.45 (checks to
Stefin Collins)
%Info: $4 to Dyke Review 584 Castro
Suite 456 SF CA 94114 48 pages, standard
%Title: Eidophusikon Issue 1
%Descr: +Color cover photo features Bill Clinton with fangs, with the
subtitle, "Please Bill Let Us Kill." At first, it's surprising that a
queer zine like this could come from Orange County, but actually, it makes
sense, although I don't know why they stay there. A whole bunch of mini-
rants about (deep breath) looksist personals and advertisements, snobby
people, non-segregated communities, Hollywood homos, 0% population growth,
the homo/dyke military thing, mothers with strollers, International Male,
Lou Sheldon as closet case, the evils of credit cards, the stupidity of
diets, etc.; a surreal sex diary; how to deal with boredom; boldface
society pages; realistic affirmations; lists of celebrity dorks, gay icons
we just don't get, assholes, and fun things to do at Disneyland; quiz on
satisfying your sex partner; funny personal ads.
%Info: $3 to Eidophusikon Box 25231 Anaheim CA 92825-5231
%Title: Eidos Issue vol 7 #2
%Descr: +"Everyone Is Doing Outrageous Sex!!" An article about freedom of
choice; a girl finds love with another woman in the line for Rocky Horror;
a leather rave in Ohio; television hypnosis; an 1856 letter from an
imprisoned free-love advocate; the Roman-Catholic church in Poland. The
bulk of the issue is in-depth book and magazine reviews, letters, and
personal ads (mostly hetero). There's so much stuff here, it's in two
newspaper sections.
%Info: $10 to Eidos Box 96 Boston MA 02137 72 pages, tabloid
%Title: Esto No Tiene Nombre Issue vol 2 #4
%Descr: *This Latina Lesbian magazine has articles in both Spanish and
English. Articles in Spanish about Frida Kahlo; news briefs; interview
with Charla Anonima. Articles in English about the book Pleasures in the
Word, Erotic Writings by Latin American Women; censorship of sexual
information, in the forms of only using "dictionary" terms to discuss
sexuality, and remaining silent about topics such as safe sex that are
considered taboo; lesbians have to define their own relationships; Miami's
hispanic gay, lesbian and bisexual community organizes to fight against
the American Family Association's anti-homosexual position; latina
lesbians at the MIchigan Women's Music Festival.
%Info: $4 to Esto No Tiene Nombre 4700 NW 7 St #463 Miami FL 33126
24 pages, standard Free to prisoners.
%Title: Evil Issue 7
%Descr: Evil is no longer publishing, but back issues are still
available. Issue 7 is the country issue. There's a review of a Ridiculous
Theatre production called "Brother Truckers," plus more theatre, film and
TV reviews. The Cowgirl Hall of Fame turns out not to be a museum, but a
restaurant. Also reviewed is a book about Covenant House, the charity for
runaways run by a child-molesting priest. Minnie Pearl passes on a recipe.
The meat of the issue is the article about two gay country bands: "Doug
Stevens and the Outband" and "Y'all." There's also an article about the
importance of misery in country music, and a questionaire to determine if
you're a country star. #6 has a great interview with Richard Simmons, who
says "I am how I am and I act how I feel the best." Bravo!
%Info: $3 to Yale Alexander Box 1654
Old Chelsea Stn NY NY 10011 20 pages, standard
%Title: Fanorama Issue 8
%Descr: *Queer Rage issue. Comix about rage boy; Scott O'Hara writes
about how being able to suck your own dick isn't so great (with photos);
gay sex experiences in the military; Pansy Division interview; a queer
vampire; articles about a gay bar that discriminated against African-
americans, and a letter from a racist gay man; thoughts about being 37
with a 19 year old boyfriend; a company that makes racist gay porn;
letters and zine reviews. Also available: #6, the River Phoenix issue ($2)
and #7, the Queer Girl issue ($3)
%Info: $5 to Fanorama Suite 241, 500 Waterman Ave East Providence RI
02914 52 pages, half legal Free to prisoners.
%Title: Farm Issue 6
%Descr: Word squares constructed out of Alpha-Bits; some handwriting
("It's about enlightenment. It's about marketabilety") with photos. RAW,
Robin A Weglinski and Mark Gonzales are credited with this work. In the
past, this publication of the New York art gallery Feature has been a
glossy lit mag with art; now it's a xeroxed zine that looks like it
could've be produced by a kid. Is there a difference between naivete and
false naivete?
%Info: $6? to c/o Feature 76 Greene St 2nd Floor NY NY 10012 100
pages, standard
%Title: Fearless Issue 9
%Descr: Mostly, this is a poetry zine. It opens with a poem dedicated to
the late Richard Seffron by the editor, Kebin Hibshman; other contributors
include Allen Renfro, Drew Blood, Paul Weinman, BZ Niditch, and Richard
Kostelanetz. There's also some music and zine reviews.
%Info: to Fearless 103 N. Cedar St. Lititz PA 17543 10 pages,
standard
%Title: Feedback Issue 17-18
%Descr: *#17: A poem that seems to be a cutup, and a translation from the
German about Fassbinder that wound up reading like a cutup due to Carol's
limited knowledge of German. And there's an article in tribute to the
writer Saki. #18 is the guest writers issue. Tom Scut writes about
childhood sexual experimentation; Donny Smith translates poetry by Cesar
Vallejo; Chris Ide writes about his collection of boys' underwear; poetry
by Ed Mycue; poems by Michael Dec; poetry, and an article about Jonathan
Richman by Carol Schneck; stories by Denise Dee and Kyle Hogg.
%Info: 75 cents in stamps to Feedback 619 N. Magnolia Lansing MI 48912
6 pages, standard
%Title: Fetish Times Issue 3
%Descr: *An editorial about the gay age of consent, which is higher than
that for straights in the UK; a guide to fetish magazines; The Diary of
Mistress Domino; the Muir Reform Acadamy, which seems to be a corporal
punishment scene for adults; clothes for transvestites; a woman confesses
her desires to the vicar's wife; an analysis of romance novels that
reveals that it is in these books, more than in porn aimed at men, that
scenes of male dominance occur; an interview with a M to F transsexual;
adult babies; phots from the Marquis Masquerade; road testing restraints;
self-censorship; more stories, letters and listings. Glossy color cover
and some internal color photos.
%Info: $10 cash to Fetish Times BCM Box 6883 London WC1N 3XX UK 68
pages, standard
%Title: Fifth Street Musicians Issue 1
%Descr: +A converstion in Brazil about a creating a movement of 20-
something people; an article about German queers; getting an HIV test;
comic about two men who could've had sex, but didn't; reviews of films,
music, comics, and zines. #2 includes a piece about dreaming about theory;
a story in two episodes of strange incidents on beaches; margeting
targeted at gay men; a piece about objectification of women in the media;
a comic called "I was a teenage homophobe".
%Info: 2 stamps to Kevin McCulloch Haverford College Haverford PA
19041 8 pages, standard
%Title: Flattery Fanzine Issue 4
%Descr: +Editorial about gaining self-respect as a woman; riding the
subway; a piece about being called a fag in school and beat up; music TV
flashbacks; a het male's advice on buying condoms with a girlfriend;
celebrating life as a woman; men reading Victoria's Secret catalogues; a
22-year-old male virgin encourages others not to give up their virginity;
TV shows; review of the Prince compilation.
%Info: $2/trade to Flattery Fanzine Box 4853 Washington DC 20008 14
pages, standard
%Title: The Flying Bitch Sisters Issue 2
%Descr: +A photo essay: a picture of Barbie dolls labeled "Cause" and a
photo of a girl putting on makeup labeled "Effect"; a monologue of a woman
addressing a man, saying "I'm sorry, but I hafta kill you"; the drudgery
of work, and how 19th century maids insisted on being called "help," not
"servants," because they were not slaves.
%Info: $1 to Sister Agnes box 3284 Santa Cruz CA 95063 16 pages,
digest
%Title: Football Pink
%Descr: +Haven't actually seen this one, but it's a queer British soccer
fanzine.
%Info: to Football Pink 52 Beattie House
Stewards Road Battersea, London SW8 UK
%Title: Frighten the Horses Issue 12
%Descr: *Full-color glossy cover; Madonna backlash; gays and lesbians
working together; Terry Laban comic about a guy who has a speedy sex-
change; a couple of articles about false memories associated with supposed
"satanic ritual abuse"; a story about a woman's visit to the cadaver lab;
sexy stories about people of various persuasions; how using credit cards
can let out information about your purchases; photos of a woman pierced
with 60 needles; news items about gay bashing, censorship, pro-choice
activism, etc; book and zine reviews; comic by Angela Bocage about double-
dating queer boys and girls.
%Info: $6 to Heat Seeking Publishing 41 Sutter St. #1108 SF CA 94104
56 pages, standard
%Title: Fucktooth Issue 10-11
%Descr: *This is a long running personal/punk zine which focuses on, but
isn't limited to queer stuff. There's a bunch of rants from Angel on a
variety of topics; an interview with a guy who started a punk club in his
parents' basement; an article on coming out and staying out; seeing Fugazi
in Dayton; what's wrong with vague music reviews; Nomadic Ken responds to
someone who says "it's time to conform" -- Ken says that's called a
closet; article against abortion consent laws; an open letter to zine
makers about how editing isn't censorship; great drawings like one of a
girl with a frog; Pale people comic; more. #11: Angel writes about going
to college; rants about punk shows, the scene, record reviews, major label
fuckups, and religion and children; the Cabbage Collective, which puts on
shows in Philadelphia; a guy writes about an encounter with a dirty old
man; United Front, an anti-racist skinhead organization, is homophobic;
myths and facts about Riot Grrrl; a guy's college roommate kills himself;
interview with the Offspring; Angel's dad tries out the "rant" thing.
%Info: $1 + 1 stamp to JME (don't put Fucktooth on the envelope!) 221
W 12th St, Box 232 Columbus OH 43210 36 pages, digest
%Title: Fuh Cole Issue 4
%Descr: Dave's diary of his visit to Toronto; a much briefer diary of a
trip to Minneapolis; interviews with gays who actually like overmuscled
gay couple Bob and Rod Jackson-Paris; interview with James Robert Baker,
author of queer terrorist novel Tim & Pete; fan mail; a quiz and some top
11 lists.
%Info: $2 to Fuh Cole 3540 N. Oakland #5 Milwaukee WI 53211 40
pages, half legal
%Title: The Funny Children Issue 1
%Descr: This is a collaboration zine with one half each from a girl and a
boy; Monica has a really poetic style with lots of great images; she
writes about being born, about coming out, about loving your clit, safe
sex, and pin the penis on the penguin; Moon writes his husband and the
source of the zine's name, and gives a lot of info about music made by
queers (Moon is also in the gay band Pale); he also raises questions about
whether it's always gay sex when a gay man has sex with people who aren't
gay men; the story of a lesbian couple's pregnancy.
%Info: $1 to The Funny Children Box 424801 SF CA 94142-4801 12
pages, digest
%Title: Further Too Issue 5
%Descr: *Reminisces of the Scala Cinema, which had movies and bands; some
all-time favorite records; a letter from Dale of Blood Sausage; the World
Cup; a pro-Courtney Love article; watching Northern Exposure and 90210; a
Neoist flyer and a response to it; a review of Homocult's book of queer
propaganda; collaborative stories on computer networks; specialized TV
channels like the Joyce Carol Oates channel; article about the band Studio
68; Madonna vs. Cicciolina; 10 questions for Huggy Bear; plus many
reviews.
%Info: $3 to Craig Wilson Box 3413 London SE11 4UP UK 32 pages,
Euro digest Free to prisoners.
%Title: Gaeraj Issue #@
%Descr: Most zines seem to be heavily text-oriented, while this one seems
to tip the scales in favor of art. Paintings in a Matisse-esque style;
verbal exchanges with people while doing needle exchange; "It's Not Fair,"
drawings in a childish style from the self-pitying stright majority; a sex
encounter reported in the style of an impartial newspaper reporter;
drawings of men in black latex and heels having sex; Roberta Gregory
comics; photos of drag queen Pill Munroe; more art and poetry.
%Info: $3 to Nathan Kibler 1516 E Pike #303 Seattle WA 98122 40
pages, digest
%Title: Gaezette Issue vol 10 #10
%Descr: +A publication for lesbians and gay men in Atlantic Canada. A
history of Canada's witch hunt for homosexuals as national security risks;
review of a David MacFarlane concert; a column by a gay Christian man; an
interview with John Greyson, director of Zero Patience; history stuff
about Emily Dickinson and Joe Orton; local, national, and international
news.
%Info: $2 to Gaezette Box 34090, Scotia Square Halifax NS B3J 3S1
Canada 24 pages, tabloid
%Title: GAWK Newsletter Issue 1
%Descr: +A report on a Gay Artists and Writers Kollective reading (that's
what GAWK stands for); a long article aboutTommy Shearer, who edited the
old GAWK Newsletter and was a founder of Diseased Pariah News; two poems,
one in Spanish, the other in English, and about Mexico; a true-false test
to see if you're artistic or homosexual enough to be in GAWK.
%Info: $1 to John Sugar 901 Stanyan #14 SF CA 94117 16 pages,
digest
%Title: Gayme Issue 1
%Descr: Article about travel to Siwa, Egypt; the problem with finding
medical causes of homosexuality; Hakim Bey on a homoerotic Sufi rite; an
interview with Chris Bearchell about Canada's obscenity laws; an article
about the Dutch film For a Lost Soldier, about a Dutch boy's love affair
with a Canadian soldier; Felice Picano asks, "Is gay literature effacing
the boy?"; book reviews; an excerpt from the play "The Boy Lover"; a story
about two boys. The magazine has a glossy cover cover and lots of b&w
photos of teenaged guys. Although it doesn't really state it, this is
published by Nambla. With its glossy format, it appears that Nambla is
trying to sell out.
%Info: $6 to Gayme Box 15645, Kenmore Station Boston MA 02215 76
pages, standard
%Title: Gendertrash Issue 2
%Descr: *An open letter to gay men and lesbians who transie-bash and
"reclaim" transgendered people's history as their own; "a transie story
for transie-haters who still insist on calling us transies"; a response to
"Le sexe des toiles," a movie with a caricatured transsexual character;
genetic jerk quiz; a conversation with Tristan about FTM's; only 4 of
34,304 articles on AIDS are about transsexuals; Transsexual Womyn expelled
from Michigan Womyn's Music Festival; self blessing ritual; interview with
transsexual prostitute Justine Piaget; a report on the Queer Sites
conference, which featured a bi- and trans-phobic keynote speaker; a
reaction to Vested Interests, a book about cross-dressing, and some
thoughts on academic careerism; a diary of Norma's sex change operation
(SRS); an episode of TSe TSe TerroriSm, in which Swordfish and Turquise
watch Transsexual Views on TV, in which two transsexuals argue about
whether genetics should use transsexual characters in their artistic
creations.
%Info: $4 to Genderpress Box 500-62, 552 Church St. Toronto Ontario
M4Y 2E3 Canada 40 pages, half legal Free to prisoners.
%Title: Girlfrenzy Issue 4
%Descr: *Fat Liberation issue. Article by Fat Activist Charlotte Cooper;
interview with cartoonist Lee Kennedy; Shonen Knife interview; comics by
Mary Fleener.
%Info: $4? to Erica Smith Box 148 Hove, East Sussex BN3 3DQ UK 36
pages, Euro Standard
%Title: Girlfriend! Issue 1
%Descr: A drag zine produced by the folks from Homoture. Contents include
a collection of quotes from drag queens; interview with Sophia Lamarr;
beauty tips; writeup on the art scene in San Francisco; drag/media news
blurbs; history of the late Club Uranus; a story about getting fucked by a
drag queen illustrated with a nice painting of a Frieda impersonator with
a beard; gratuitous beefcake; Joan Jett Blakk's campaign diary; drag
queens as cultural workers, including RuPaul, Justin Bond, Holly Wodlawn,
and Pussy Tourette; drag queens discuss the environment; a crossdressing
workshop; Don Baird's Celebutante Watch (which isn't actually written by
him). There's also a 1994 Girlfriend! calendar available for $7.
%Info: $4 to Girlfriend! Box 191781 SF CA 94119 44 pages, standard
%Title: Girl Germs Issue 5
%Descr: *Realizing that not only white girls suffer; memories of abuse;
cultural messages about being a Korean-Amerian woman; dream comics about
being cut open; statistics about homicide as a leading cause of death for
women, and what boys say about Mia's death; being in the closet about
coming from a poor family; lyrics to the CWA song "Chicken Hawk"; the
story of Pearl Heart, who dressed in boys' clothes and rode in a wild west
show; some pages from Gunk zine about racism; why Korean girls cut up
their faces; cultural imperialism in Thailand; a nightmare about being
raped at age 12; the unfair thing that girls get pregnant and boys don't;
a critique of riot grrrl from inside instead of from the media; more.
%Info: $2+2 stamps to Girl Germs Box 1473 Olympia WA 98507 40
pages, digest
%Title: Girlhero Issue 1.2
%Descr: *This is the new, improved version of this comix zine. Most of it
is a lengthy story about women who work as riveters for a defense
contractor. They band together to fight their employer. One woman has a
rivet gun implanted in her hand. The other story, Frozen Angel, is a
surreal comic in which a woman rips her own heart out.
%Info: $3 to Megan Kelo/ High Drive Publications 7502 15th Ave NE
Seattle WA 98115 28 pages, standard
%Title: Girl Jock Issue 10
%Descr: Between the full-color covers (trapeze twins on the front,
Absolut Vodka (!?) on the back) are lots of fun and interesting articles
and comics for girl jocks and their fans. Features include a comic by
Roxxie about finding a new lover; March on Washington report; twin trapeze
artists; a coping guide for softball wives; a trip to a fancy health spa;
Tara Vanderveer's all-female basketball fantasy camp; a report on lesbo
action at the Dinah Shore Golf Tournament; a powerbar taste test; a review
of Three of Hearts; reviews of grrrl bands; a Joan Hilty comic about a
woman trucker overhearing an argument at a truck stop. Plus more short
stuff, like the "born in a barn" tales of bad manners, and the winners of
a love letter contest.
%Info: $5 to Girl Jock Box 882723 SF CA 94118-2723 48 pages,
standard
%Title: G is for Girl Issue 4
%Descr: +Experiences while sleeping over with other girls from 5th grade
to college; women who are defined as sluts; Riot Grrrl is...; a piece
about menstruation; Johanna's on and off buttons (on: P.J. Harvey; off:
living in the same house with your ex-lover); thoughts about trying to be
friends with a black person; a "women in science" discussion at school
gets called sexist; bad advice for meeting boys from a teen magazine;
trying not to look vulnerable while walking at night; a man writes about
societal pressures, to be strong and detached, and Dworkin's arguments
that men are inherently bad.
%Info: $1 to G is for Girl 715 Willey St. #2 Morgantown WV 26505 16
pages, digest
%Title: Gogglebox Issue 2
%Descr: +Wishing one's parents would die; a lengthy interview with Ian
MacKaye; Liz Phair talks about her first period; a rant about ending
oppression; a map of cool stuff in the big apple; a talk with a drug
dealer at a rave; a visit to Harlem; punk rock reviews.
%Info: $1 cash to Jennifer 415 McBain
545 W. 144th St NY NY 10027 360 pages, digest
%Title: Going Homo Issue 2
%Descr: A couple of drawings of naked dudes; a doctored military flyer; a
story about early masturbation experiences; advice for fighting
fagbashers; an essay on the word "queer"; a rant about white Christians
who claim to be opressed, illustrated with a nice "feed the lion" drawing.
%Info: two 29 cent stamps to Stephen Dedalus/G.H. Box 3403 Tucson AZ
85722 24 pages, digest
%Title: Gurls with Guns Issue 5
%Descr: +Profile of real live Gurl With a Gun Ella, who's one of the
editors of the zine Mafouka; a DIY collective that puts on punk shows in
Philly; rewarding relationships with grandparents; an argument with
Krishna members of a band with lyrics that say "sex is suffering," and a
rebuttal from the person who wrote the lyrics; a rant about hypocracy; a
warning not to crash diet; a love/hate relationship with getting mail --
such a joy to get, such a pain to answer; music and zine reviews.
%Info: $1 to Gurls with Guns Box 1546 Havertown PA 19083 16 pages,
standard
%Title: Handjobs: Daddy-Boy Stories Issue Sept 93
%Descr: This zine's disclaimer states "Despite the use of terms such as
"boy" or "son," all characters in the fiction in Handjobs are 18 years of
age or older. This issue has a story about a guy who goes to the beach and
ends up having sex with all the members of a nuclear family; there's nine
other sex stories, many of them more probable than the aforementioned
situation. Plus personal ads and a photo of a guy playing with his
foreskin. Age statement required.
%Info: $4.50 to Avenue Services Box 390811 Mountain View CA 94039
44 pages, digest Age statement required.
%Title: Hel's Kitchen Issue 2
%Descr: Leanne Franson comic about testing maxipads with canned tomatoes;
an Ouija board that can't spell; a home-made device so girls can piss
standing up; Jimmy watching home movies of himself as a kid and his dad --
his dad tells him not to cross his legs like a sissy; more. Art in the
zine includes a picture of a woman with menstrual blood running over a TV
set; photos of dolls; a drawing of a woman dancing on top of dead bodies.
%Info: $2.50 to Hel's Kitchen 2202 S. Jackson Seattle WA 98144 24
pages, standard
%Title: Herd
%Descr: +This is the Networking Issue of this zine of women & mail art.
The story of how a woman discovered Mail Art; letters from people in the
network about women and mail art; top 10 cars women own; questions all
vegetarians hate; mail art gender and other myths; reviews.
%Info: $2 to Jennifer Huebert Box 395 Rifton NY 12471 20 pages,
half legal
%Title: Homoboy Issue 3
%Descr: *A picture of Kim Gordon from Vanity Fair; Boy's Town 90210, a
homo-sex take on the TV show; Dennis Cooper's favorite music, literary
influences, the movie of Frisk, and other info; a lust-letter; Pansy
Division and John's musical influences; a letter from the editor about
alienation; pictures of unsafe sex, which Eric says he finds compelling
because he's never seen it and it's forbidden.
%Info: $1 to Eric 10415 Tenneta Houston TX 77099 8 pages, digest
%Title: Homo Patrol Comics
%Descr: Comic book about a couple of vice squad cops. An exploration of
homophobia. Nice gift for hets in need of enlightenment. Also available:
Tales of Helpless Anger ($3.50)
%Info: $4 to Helpless Anger 333 S East Ave #209 Oak Park IL 60302
68 pages, standard
%Title: Hormone Frenzy Issue 1
%Descr: +Cyberqueer Tales of the City, kind of like a queer take on Snow
Crash; editorial rant about the "gay community"; objectifying men on the
train; God Is My Co-Pilot, Pansy Division, and Fifth Column; Queercore
Night with Children's Hour and Sister George; Angels In America; a gay
guide to Cambridge (just a couple boring bars); I was a Child Transvestite
comic; Sex Factor, a group of queer superheros; a man gets trapped in the
Shaving Advert Dimension; comic by Sina about looking at a person on the
train; zine reviews; looking at underwear catalogs and Bible pictures as a
kid; a bigot at the Sunday Times; a flyer from a group convinced a comet
will hit Jupiter; a rant about the difference between not assimilating and
only preaching to the converted.
%Info: $1/swap to Mark C. Box 361 Cambridge CB1 2BZ UK
%Title: Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist Issue 12
%Descr: This issue of this comic-zine starts out with various mens'
whining about the comic. Hothead overhears a woman talking about how her
life is totally taken up by her husband's needs -- Hothead shoves him into
traffic. Then there's an interlude with the moon goddess and the earth
goddess talking about how messed up things are on earth... so they have
all the women turn into wolves, and cause a deluge of menstrual blood. And
there's a Misogynist Hall of Shame museum. The cover is quite colorful.
Also, check out the new collection of the first 10 issues of Hothead, from
Cleis Press.
%Info: $3.52 to GAP Box 214 New Haven CT 06502 24 pages, digest
%Title: I (Heart) Amy Carter Issue 3
%Descr: A fan zine about Amy Carter. Stories about brushes with Amy;
tabloid story about Kristy McNichol's lesbian lover; things to do when
depressed; girls with guns; "No Humans Involved," about police
indifference; free Lee Wuornos; being banned in Canada; the truth about
bad things that happen to women; news clippings about Amy; being nearly 30
and still having crushes.
%Info: $2+stamps to Tammy Rae 337 Cherry Ave Long Beach CA 90802 40
pages, half legal
%Title: I Am Issue 7
%Descr: This is a zine so large, and with such a complex (some would say
chaotic) layout that it'd be impossible to give a complete inventory of
its contents. The focus is on "Man/Dude Love," as Chuck calls it. The zine
contains a lot of thought on the subject. There's a long section where
Chuck shows drawings and stories he did as an adolescent and examines his
thoughts at the time and the way he dealt with denial of his nature; Chuck
reports on how he was a non-passive participant in the March on Washington
with the help of a bullhorn; a comic about a guy who melts from paranoia,
and young dudes reconstitue him. (note new address)
%Info: $5.50 to Chuck Dodson c/o The Guide Box 593 Boston MA 02199
104 pages, standard
%Title: Inciting Desire Issue 3
%Descr: *This is a multi-sexual zine of erotic writing. A woman rips off
her lover's clothes while reciding the names of writers; a surreal story
caled "Ballad of the Dreaming Tongue"; a story about the burning of an
accused witch; Robert Gluck's "Drape It, Then Rape It"; some of Dodie
Bellamy's Letters of Mina Harker; a guy's fantasy about having sex with
Barry the butcher; an updated, overtly sexual Shropshire Lad; Rubber Room,
about an institutionalized lesbian; poetry; a series of drawings of a guy
and a merman's sexual encounter; photographs, including the intriguing
"Butch Under Cover," in which a woman lifts her skirt over the butch's
head.
%Info: $5 to Inciting Desire Box 7428 Santa Cruz CA 95061 32 pages,
standard
%Title: Info Lesbo Issue Dec 93
%Descr: Information about dyke goings-on in Montreal, in English and
French. Notes from the National Forum on Breast Cancer; Cosmo's coverage
of lesbians, and a plea to them to hire a lesbian columnist; review of the
Hothead Paisan book; a Leanne Franson comic; lots of listings.
%Info: $1 to Info Lesbo C.P. 509, Succ. Desjardins Montreal Qubec H5B
1B6 Canada 8 pages, standard
%Title: International Queer Non-Conformist Network Issue 2
%Descr: Clippings about Lance Loud and lesbian punk bands; a list of
queer and queer positive contacts with people, zines, and networks; plus
some poems. Dizzy is looking for scene reports, articles, and
contributions, and hopes to put together a network of people.
%Info: 2 29 cent stamps to Dizzy 72 Sarah Lane Middletown NY 10940
6 pages, standard
%Title: James White Review: A Gay Men's Literary Quarterly Issue vol 11
#1
%Descr: *This is the 10th anniversary issue of this literary mag. It
includes an interview with Jonathan Williams, a poet who talks about a
bunch of other poets, particularly from the San Francisco renaissance; a
story about ancient Greeks; "Use My Face for a Toilet," which is exactly
what it sounds like; more fiction, poetry, and book reviews. Robert
Giard's portraits of gay writers are a real treat.
%Info: $3 to Box 3356 Traffic Station Mpls MN 55403 24 pages,
tabloid
%Title: KAMP! Issue 2
%Descr: KAMP talks about TV, including stuff about Michael Jackson and
Burt and Loni; an article about male undergarments; reviews of beauty
products; reader mail.
%Info: $3 to KAMP! Box 869 Medford MA 02155 18 pages, standard
%Title: Kill the Robot Issue 6
%Descr: The text in Kill the Robot is really layered thick. The point of
view of the zine is being queer, straight-edge, and vegan. Watching a
family steal silverware at Dennys; backsliding on using stupid terms like
redneck; list of animal product company 1-800 phone numbers for activist
purposes; getting caught having homosexual sex by parents and the
resulting ridiculous parent statements; several pages of stuff about
masturbation; sexual assault; a rant about people who don't do enough
activist activity; insecurity about having too much queer stuff in the
zine; words from the Book of Satan; a crazy dream; love and sex; a story
about a friendly cat; a rant about what punk is; a doctor tries to make a
woman take the pill because she has irregular menstrual cycles; way more
stuff.
%Info: to Kill the Robot Box 296 Yellow Springs OH 45387-2096 32
pages, digest
%Title: Lardass Issue 6
%Descr: *The STD bouquet; how to look like an insane person; zit reviews;
how to masturbate like a loser; voyeurism; more short funny bits.
%Info: $1? to Joyce 300 E 83rd St #2E NY NY 10028 16 pages, digest
%Title: Lesbian & Gay Freedom Movement Issue 8
%Descr: *Article about state persecution of Sadomasochists; the nude
lesbian cyclist story; why equalizing the gay age of consent isn't enough;
S/M pride event; does sexual labeling hinder sexual liberation?; book and
magazine reviews
%Info: $2 cash to LGFM BM Box 207 London WC1N 3XX UK 12 pages,
Euro digest
%Title: Lezzie Smut Issue 2
%Descr: +A dress made of Seized Materials (a reference to Little Sister's
Bookstore's problems getting books over the border); a woman visits her
doctor, who uses needles on her; The Sexual Adventure of Jane and Marla;
photos of the corruption of a scout; My Little Gun Fetish; photos of Anne
fisting; quiz to see if you're a pawn of the patriarchy; photos of
Mistress Kiersten; "Boy Meat"; a piece by an aging lesbian; how to pick up
femmes; "Wank," photos of a drag king wanking.
%Info: $8 to Hey Grrls! 364-1027 Davie St. Vancouver BC V6E 4L2 Canada
52 pages, standard
%Title: Like A Faggot: for fans of Madonna & Sodomy Issue 3
%Descr: A story that fulfills the Sodomy portion of the zine; a glossary
of Madonna fans and Madonna haters; a letter from Madonna; collages and
cartoons of Madonna, and collages of naked men. Age statement required.
%Info: $5 to Matt/ L.A.F. 365 W. 20th St #12E NY NY 10011 30 pages,
standard Age statement required.
%Title: Liliane comix Issue 22-23
%Descr: How wonderful it is when an artist is not only prolific, but
talented as well. The 22nd Liliane comic finds our heroine smack dab in
the middle of the 80's porn wars, in the first part of a story arc titled
"Anti-Porn Fanatic." A viewing of Not a Love Story starts the story, and
after joining an anti-porn group, Liliane gets a crush on a fellow member
who turns out to be straight. Leanne's editorial comments about the
unfortunate results when women got anti-porn laws passed in Canada that
are enforced by conservative men gives some indication as to where future
episodes will lead. #23 is a series of Liliane spoofs, by cartoonists
Donna Barr, Rick Campbell, Roberta Gregory, Joan Hilty, Jeff Johnson, Lee
Kennedy, Pierre-Louis Lebeuf, and Charles Montpetit.
%Info: $1.50 to Leanne 3908 Rue Saint-Christophe Montreal PQ H2L 3X8
Canada 12 pages, digest
%Title: Lovely Prudence Issue 1
%Descr: +The characters in this comic book sort of look like veiny, bug-
eyed aliens. Prudence invites Madonna and John Wayne Gacy to her talk
show; the comic also skewers Anne Rice. In another story, Prudence goes
trick-or-treating and meets a wiccan and "Gay Men Being As Annoying As
Possible." You might get your undies in a twist if you're easily offended,
but if you like zines like Baby Sue, this should be your cup of tea.
%Info: $2 to Lovely Prudence 111 East 14th St #334 NY NY 10003 24
pages, standard
%Title: Mafouka Issue 2
%Descr: There's plenty to read in this zine that's a combination of hand-
written original material and reprints from Melody Maker. It's a co-sexual
zine, edited by a girl and a boy. Reprints of PJ Harvey reviews; article
about a transgendered youth removed from a city shelter; Queenie writes
about being called "baby" by a cop; adventures at a Slowdive show, and an
interview with a member of the band; homos in the military; info about
Female Trouble, a Philadephia women's S/M group; a timeline of the Buju
Banton controversy; Dub writes about going to prom with another girl;
article about homocore music and zines; an encounter with a homophobe; Dub
writes about being a white South African against racism; article about
anti-homo propaganda from the "Concerned Women of America"; "Brave or
Not?", in which Mon talks about coming out in highschool; reprint of
writing by Courtney Love; more rants and other stuff.
%Info: $2? to Mon 1130 W. Cheltenham Ave Phila PA 19126 44 pages,
standard
%Title: Mektoub Issue vol 3, #6
%Descr: *Zine about sex magick and the like. An exchange about
interpretation of Crowley and Egyptian myth as regards homosexuality; some
thoughts on alchemy; an excerpt from Barthes; language and love; the
charter of the Brotherhood of SeTh.
%Info: $2 to Mektoub Box 8068 Portland ME 04104 20 pages, digest
%Title: Menstruatin' Idealists Issue 1
%Descr: An editorial about what the media thinks are "real" lesbians;
celebrity aptitude test; gay military love story; Barbie the slumlord; the
question of why some dykes prefer to look at gay boy porn; White
supremicists are acquitted of conspiracy to kill FBI agents, while Leonard
Peltier and Norma Jean Croy are still in prison; Portland chapter of The
Lesbian Avengers (profits from this zine go to the group); questions and
answers about herpes; news about a woman who cut off her husband's penis;
plans for a queer homeland in homophobic Douglas County, Oregon;
comparison of a man who killed prostitutes with Aileen Wournos.
%Info: $3 to c/o Laughing Horse Books 3652 SE Division Portland OR
97202 28 pages, half legal
%Title: Mirage #4/PERIOD[ICAL] Issue 21
%Descr: This writing zine edited by Kevin Killian and Dodie Bellamy
always has cutting-edge work by the grooviest writers around. Cover
autograph photo of David Cronenberg; writing by Mrs. Rejector (aka
Jennifer Montgomery and Eileen Myles), Jena Osman, Robert Haule, Norma
Cole, Rupert Adley, and Wayne Smith.
%Info: $3.30 to Killian/Bellamy 1020 Minna St SF CA 94103 18 pages,
standard
%Title: My Comrade Issue Early 1994 issue
%Descr: *This time My Comrade is huge, newspaper size. Lots of pictures
of New York drag queens and stuff.
%Info: $3 to My Comrade 326 E. 13th St. #15 NY NY 10003 32 pages,
standard
%Title: Naked Teenagers That Fight Crime Issue 2
%Descr: *The Naked Teenagers themselves aren't in this issue of this
comic, but it's still as groovy as ever. Kerri the Mall Ratt Fag gets
harassed at the MegaMall by members of theSouthwest High football team, so
he steals their jockstraps. Paychecks at the Gap aren't in, so Valley Fair
tells off the manager. Barney the Dinosaur puts in a appearance. Plus 16
mutated Garfields, a pinup of Viper Puss, a story about a kid who gets
picked up by a guy who's getting divorced, and some sketchbook pages.
%Info: $3 to Bil Sherm 1907 Lyndale Ave South #5 Mpls MN 55403 46
pages, standard
%Title: Naughty Bits Issue 11
%Descr: *Another great issue of this comic book by Roberta Gregory.
Bitchy Bitch goes on a trip she won to a third-world country. She keeps
running into the guy she sold her ticket to. Plus a couple of pages of
autobiographical strips about travel, and a guest page by Lee Kennedy. A
Naughty Bits collection is coming soon.
%Info: $2.50 to Fantagraphics 7563 Lake City Way NE Seattle WA 98115
28 pages, comic book
%Title: Notes from the Underground Issue 2
%Descr: A vision of a future in which everyone's on TV; the lack of
impact of the gay/lesbian/bi March on Washington; a poem, "Tuned to
Channel Fuck"; Reagan, Buchannan, and Perot compared with the classic
demagogue; marketing to Generation X.
%Info: $1 to Notes from the Underground Box 1516, Peter Stuy Station
NY NY 10009 20 pages, digest
%Title: Nuthing Sacred Issue 7
%Descr: +Interview with Kembra Pfahler of The Voluptuous Horror of Karen
Black; fiction about a frustrated horror screenwriter; L.A. Mudpeople, who
cover themselves with mud and wander around; Annie Sprinkle interview; a
long piece about Zendik Farm, which culminates in an interview with Wulf
Zendik, who spouts some homophobic bullshit that wouldn't sound out-of-
place coming from a fundamentalist christian.
%Info: $3 to Nuthing Sacred Box 3516 LA CA 90078 52 pages, standard
%Title: Oh... Issue 6
%Descr: *Dianne Reum's Tomboy comic; a piece about tarot reading; Tristam
Puppy's Holly Girl goes on another date; reviews of comics by women; a
conversation between Alison Bechdel, Diane DiMassa, and Joan Hilty; Joan
Hilty's Immola takes on an evil pharmaceutical researcher; in Amy
English's comic Lavender Ladies, two older lesbians traveling in an RV
think they've discovered a satanic cult; responses to last issue's
controversy over Leanne Franson's comic, which has resulted in her
decision to not draw for Oh... anymore.*/
%Info: $4 to Oh... Box 41030, 5134 Cordova Bay Road Victoria B.C. V8Y
2KO Canada 56 pages, standard
%Title: OV Magazine: The Magazine of Occulture from TOPY London Issue 1
%Descr: Stuff about the Spanner case -- a crackdown on consensual S/M
sex; "Beards, beerbellies & bisexuality," an interview with the editor of
Pagan News; an interview with Academy 23; Crash Worship interview; an
interiew with the Mother of the London house of the Sisters of Perpetual
Indulgence; the men's movement (Bly, et al); people's reaction to the
phrase "you could be dead tomorrow"; occult elements in football; reading
virtual literature, like fast food lit, packaging, and street signs; book
and zine reviews.
%Info: to Topy London Box 1455 London UK 20 pages, tabloid
%Title: Pink Badge of Courage
%Descr: This is a "re-ex-bowderized" version of Stephen Crane's The Red
Badge of Courage, which everyone probably read in high school. Jan has
excerpted all the parts that could be construed homoerotically. For
instance, "The youth, turning swiftly to make sure that the rear was
unmolested, saw the commander regarding his men in a highly manner"
($1/M-16) Also available is the short story collection Stumblings ($4/M-
76)
%Info: to JanNathan Long Rt. 1, Box 84 A Liberty TN 37095
%Title: Planet Girl Issue 2
%Descr: +A letter from a woman who works as a hostess in a Japanese bar;
travel tips; Survey on Hillary Rodham Clinton taken in Kansas;
hypochondriacs on holiday; road food; anorexic models tying on the
feedbag; comic about a crabby dad; drinking TAB; S and P write about their
relationships with the same man, who lied to them; the difficulty of
getting a diaphragm; film schools, and the low numbers of women in them;
being a wife; do-it-yourself aroma therapy; evil sprit skeleton stories;
knit a hat; a review of the book "Wonders of the West"; the merits of
cunnilingus.
%Info: $4 to Planet Girl 437 Delores SF CA 94114 18 pages, standard
%Title: PMS Issue 4
%Descr: *The editor, Rik, a queer skinhead who moved to England from the
U.S., writes about moving into a new flat, and having to leave because
people in the neighborhood assumed they were racists, which they aren't;
the March on Washington, and the pointlessness of most organizations and
demonstrations; flaws in representative democracy that allow fascists to
be elected; "queercore" as a fashion; the Mayday Crew, a "commie" skinhead
crew from New York City; an article (in English) about gay German
skinheads; slamdancing for solace; dancer Mark Morris offers his body for
world hunger in Mogadishu; The Nutty Redskin gives his history of becoming
a skinhead; Rik co-organizes a club called Spit; drawings of 10 uses for a
dead fascist; interview with the band Oi Polloi; Rude Boy James on the
undesirability of Rolls Royces; Citizen Fish interview; questions and
answers on anarchism; an analysis of S/M from a socionomic and political
standpoint.
%Info: $2+4 IRCs to PMS/Rik BM Box 5834 London WC1N 3XX ENGLAND 40
pages, Euro Standard
%Title: The Polished Knob Issue 1
%Descr: +This zine is inspired by Straight to Hell, and it's kind of
similar. It's dedicated to STH editor Boyd McDonald, who died recently.
True sex stories about sex on a Norwegian camping trip, and a three-way in
a bathtub, and several more; correspondence between Boyd McDonald and John
Mitzel about Cardinal Spellman; photos of Amazon Princess Avari; a jerk-
off scene from Compuserve's CB simulator; photos of knobs worth polishing;
a gay subtext in Sherlock Holmes stories; How Guys Do It, from a 1972
book.
%Info: $3 to The Polished Knob Box 487 Boston MA 02134-0004 48
pages, digest
%Title: Pornorama Issue 2
%Descr: *A story about a woman who has sex with a skater chick; an Asian
dyke challenges a woman's assumtions she's a bottom because she's Asian;
an interview with two straight sado-masochist men who started an S/M,
fetish and crossdressing discussion group; a story about a guy and a femme
in a black leather jacket (like the Pansy Division song); a girl finds out
her roommate's not such a prude after all; a guy has sex with his
employer, Mrs. Linton; a woman who's just broken up with her girlfriend
has sex with a guy.
%Info: $3 to Pornorama Box 423, Succursale C Montreal Quebec H2L 4K3
Canada 16 pages, standard
%Title: Positron Issue 3
%Descr: *This is a queer straightedge zine. Straightedge is a punk
movement of non-drinking. Reinventing straightedge as anti-consumerist; a
guy who wrote a pro-gay article when he thought he was hetero now comes
out as bi; a visit to Syracuse; a defense of women's spaces and separatist
politics; zine reviews; Spitboy interview; an interview which includes
thoughts about how heterosexuality as commonly practiced isn't
particularly "natural"; thoughts on political activism vs. mainstream
politics; phoney bisexuals; lots of photos of bands. The layout of the
text and photos is really great.
%Info: $1 to Sean Capone Box 477469 Chicago IL 60647 20 pages,
tabloid
%Title: Pris Issue 1
%Descr: This is a zine by and for sex workers. It's about the job that
some people have, and any slimy john-type men who try to order it will
likely be disappointed. But sex workers and smypathetic folks will find a
really good zine with a combination of personal stories and analysis of
sex work. Most of the contributors are queer. The editor starts off with a
piece that compares preparing to go onstage as an erotic dancer to turning
into Pris,the pleasure model replicant from Blade Runner; a guy's first
time hustling; an account of a scummy male escort agency; notes on being a
dominatrix; working while mestruating; lap dancing; having a crush on
another dancer; differences and similarities between women in the sex
trade and other jobs; much more.
%Info: $2 to Pris 1800 Market St. #258 SF CA 94102 44 pages, half
legal
%Title: Publik Enema Issue 6
%Descr: *Article about Pelican Bay Prison; an interview with Feral Faun,
who writes for Anarchy magazine; a journal of a bike trip all over the
west coast, including an anarchist gathering in Portland; the "King Wing,"
a crazy guy; an article about rats; a stupid Greenpeace demonstration;
zine reviews; more.
%Info: $1 to Skot! Steppenwolf 25686 Nugget El Toro CA 92630 24
pages, tabloid Free to prisoners.
%Title: PWAlive: A journal by, for, and about persons affected by AIDS
Issue Summer 93
%Descr: The theme for this issue is "Grief and Rage," and the editor,
Carlton Hogan, writes a long editorial on the topic. Fraser Nelson writes
about the deaths of people with AIDS she has known. Patrick Scully
contributes a political piece about rage. Laurel D'Arcy writes about
"internalizing the disease," and some reactions that men she's had
relationships with have had to her. There are some pages in rememberance
of Louise Hoelscher, who was an editor of the magazine. David Lindahl
writes about his "at-home" hospital, and also contributes several poems.
Frank Rhame writes about the loss of grief, and Tom Holte about chanelling
rage constructively. There's also a couple of articles giving updates on
the International AIDS Conference, and on the Upper Midwest AIDS
Coalition. All in all, a lot of good writing that will help you re-connect
with your rage.
%Info: $3? to PWAlive: A journal by, for, and about persons affected by
AIDS Box 8393 Mpls MN 55408 44 pages, standard
%Title: Quart: QUeers And Related Terrorists Issue 4
%Descr: *A piece that uses the metaphor of an abusive father=the
president; people who think AIDS is "interesting"; gay male vaginal
anxiety; gay clubs that discriminate against people of color; a rant about
an assimilationist, exploitative ex-boyfriend; bisexual vocabulary
(example: bi-sickler = communist bi); a note to a liberal who was handing
out condoms while saying "AIDS Kills"; comic about an HIV-positive
terrorist; the TV show Cops; the marketing of angry women, queers, and
people with AIDS; the attention the death of River Phoenix got contrasted
with the deaths of people with AIDS; an action against a newspaper.
%Info: a stamp to Quart: QUeers And Related Terrorists Hampshire
College Box 1372 Amherst MA 01002 22 pages, standard
%Title: Quarter Inch Squares Issue 1
%Descr: An article about an incident in cooking school of having to chop
onions into quarter inch squares while being harassed; the social
brainwashing of mainstream music with songs like "Every Step You Take" and
"Hurt So Good"; a collage with the message that shaving your head means no
bad hair days; a great illustrated story about Esmelda, a goddess in
training, who has six arms, a tail, and a mohawk -- she disposes of a
nasty crusty at a punk show and moves into a household of women; a
thoughtful article about being bisexual; a story about a woman who left a
man and now lives with a woman letting go of her past.
%Info: to Quarter Inch Squares 3411 15th Ave S #9 Mpls MN 55407 20
pages, digest
%Title: QueerElle Issue 2
%Descr: This zine is all auf Deutch. It's pretty political. There's some
reports on fascist activities; reports on the status of lesbians and gays
in various countries; an article about a women's publisher; a report on
the international AIDS conference; the banning of a gay pride day in
Turkey; an interview with members of a queer jewish group; an article
about racism; a debate about gay skinheads that my German skills are
unfortunately too weak to understand, but which looks very interesting.
%Info: 2 DM + postage to QueerElle c/o Haus der Demokratie
Friedrichstrasse 165 Berlin 10117 Germany 32 pages, Euro Standard
%Title: Queer Intercourse Issue 6
%Descr: Color cover drawing of two women; arguments against gays in the
military; an aritcle about homosexuals from a 1959 magazine; "Queer
Is..."; lots of poetry; a really good analysis of misogynistic gay men; a
story by Drew Blood; a visit to a sex party, where we witness a woman and
man play cat and mouse with a whip; chapters 3-5 of Barbie Wears Combat
Boots; diary of moving from Pittsburg to San Francisco.
%Info: $3 to Queer Intercourse Box 170485 SF CA 94117 48 pages,
standard
%Title: Queer Nasty Issue 3
%Descr: +An editorial about Community vs. Assimilation, and the problems
of lumping all kinds of queers into one community; the dyke who is blamed
for divisiveness organizes a sex party; video reviews; Jeff is narrowly
saved from going to Queer Avengers Anonymous; submitting to Christian
conformity; Eugene With Arms Akimbo; limericks about conservatives and
queers; a woman goes to a sex party in San Francisco, but gets too scared
of the diverse sex and uses her safeword "school of fish"; a call for
alliances against the Christian Right; interview with the co-owner of the
women's coffeehouse Baba Yaga's Dream; fags need to learn that sex, drugs,
and music do not a community make.
%Info: $1 to June 3780 Donald Eugene OR 97405 24 pages, digest
%Title: Quirky Issue 2
%Descr: +Music reviews, mostly of ambient music, with the Del Rubio
Triplets thrown in for good measure. An obituary for Leon Theremin,
inventor of the eponymous electronic instrument; microwave turkey dinner
for those who live alone; movie reviews of Baraka and a Sade video;
holiday gifts; cult corner; a ufo sighting. Issue 1 featured some stuff
about the Process Church of the Final Judgement.
%Info: 1 quarter + 29 cent SASE to Nigh Eve 231 Thompson St, Box 12 NY
NY 10012 4 pages, digest
%Title: RAGE for Choice
%Descr: +Rage for Choice is published by a collective of anarchist
feminist wimmin. Article about Aileen Wuornos; article about forced
population control and choice; Minnesota's not so "nice" -- examples of
raciscm and sexism abound; a wimmin's health collective organizes to share
information about womens' health; a complicated tirade on christianity;
dealing with doctors; a note to pro-choice men; the right-wing's desire
for control over wimmin's repoduction, specifically in cases of mothers
who use drugs or alcohol; "Not Just for the Rich and White," an article
about choice for all wimmin; actual quotes from pro-lifers; declaration of
wimmin's rights; the connection between anarchism and feminism; why queer
girls are for choice; herbal abortion methods; list of sources.
%Info: $2+postage to RAGE for Choice c/o Emma Center
3451 Bloomington Ave S. Mpls MN 55407 40 pages, standard
%Title: Rampaging Teenage Pervert
%Descr: +This zine's got a sense of humor that's more like American
zines, but at the same time, they're politically aware & involved. Guide
to pub toilets; a negative review of a Suede show; quiz to determine if
you're a Rampaging Teenage Pervert; film reviews of the Birgin Machine and
Supervixens; how to write a generic coming-out novel; misogny and
misandry, and homos who only associate with the same sex; anti-fascist
action; cottaging (that's the UK term for sex in public places like
lavatories); a bad safe sex video; a review of a lesbian guide to sexual
health video.
%Info: 2 IRCs to R.T.P. B.M. Nancee London WC1N 3XX UK 20 pages,
Euro digest
%Title: Rant & Rave Issue 2
%Descr: +Miss Rant and Miss Rave are two self-described aging queers.
Miss Rant complains about Tower Video's crazy organizing system, but likes
the boys there; Miss Rave complains about the tourist-ization of the
Castro; comebacks to astrology kooks; Sister Vestal warns about the sins
of homosexials (sic); an analysis of the Sodom and Gomorrah myth; beauty
tips; a rant about muggers; fill-in-the-blank obits; an autographed Edith
Massey postcard; a review of the remodeled Woolworth's; a guide to the new
clone/replicant look; a rant about fags with attitude; more
%Info: $3 to Rant & Rave Box 14793 SF CA 94114 68 pages, digest
%Title: Raw Vulva Issue 2
%Descr: A zine for queer girl bicyclists. More bike-friendly businesses
that let you take your bike inside; "Why I Bike"; drawings of appropriate
girls to get crushes on; astrocompatibility column; bike violence, like a
malicious pedestrian or getting hit by cars; an interview with the dyke
biker of the month; choosing the right girl for you -- the commuter or the
recreational cyclist; a review of a 100-year old book about a 53 year old
woman learning to bike; reviews of bike products for women, like a cushy
seat.
%Info: $1+2 stamps to Raw Vulva 842 Folsom, Box 233 SF CA 94107 10
pages, standard
%Title: Reticence and Anxiety Issue 1
%Descr: The name of the zine is also the names of the editors, two young
women. Anxiety goes out and buys a barbell and also writes about
rediscovering athletics; a homophobic text from an African-American
studies class; a mad-lib-type thing about the k.d. lang cover of Vanity
Fair; pinups with biographical notes of Gale Wilhelm, Leslie Feinberg,
Cherry Muhanji, and Kim Gordon; a review of Pat Califia's book Melting
Point; Tribe 8 interview; Reticence writes about stuff related to her job
as a photo processor, including an interview with a co-worker; an analysis
of a phallocentric anatomy book; an analysis of why Archie Bunker is still
funny; Anxiety's childhood experiences of being mistaken for a boy. In the
editorial note, Reticence comments, "I think that (doing the zine) has
enabled us to think about the stuff we do from day to day (like work for
me and working out for A.) not just as something mundane but as activities
which extend from our personalities, our Selves." Age statement required.
%Info: $2 to Reticence and Anxiety Box 34233 Philadelphia PA 19101
48 pages, digest Age statement required.
%Title: RFD:A Country Journal for Gay Men Everywhere Issue 75
%Descr: RFD has been published from 20 years from various rural gay
communes. This issue includes a retrospecitve section. There's also photos
and an essay by Mark Chester; a story by Gavin Dillard; an article on
quilting; a section on spirituality. Plus reviews, listings of potential
penpals in prison, a lunar calendar, news, and letters from people seeking
companions (I wonder if the guys seeking a dairy farmer to milk them had
any luck?)
%Info: $5.50 to RFD:A Country Journal for Gay Men Everywhere Box 68
Liberty TN 37095 84 pages, standard
%Title: Riverside Art Scene Issue 14
%Descr: +The layout of this zine is a chaotic jumble of clippings, little
drawings and writings that fill up ever square centimeter of each page.
Family restaurant reviews; reading materials in ski-mask's shitcloset;
biblical errors; Spanish comics about brown paper bags; gays in the
military; some pro-Wings, anti-grunge musical opinions, in marked contrast
to the Linda-bashing one usually sees; much, much more.
%Info: $2 to Riverside Art Scene Box 638 Kenmore NY 14217 20 pages,
digest
%Title: The Safer Planet Sex Diary
%Descr: +This is a 1994 pocket calendar, and so much more. Safe sex
guidelines, horoscopes, international listings of places and organizations
for swinging, fetishists, naturists, sacred sex, gender euphoria, erotic
celebrations, hotels, sex shows, brothels, and sex tech; deluxe manouvres
like female ejaculation and male multiple orgasms. The calendar pages have
a different sex position for each day, and each week has a quote and a
condom review. Plus there's a flip-book movie of a computer-generated
flying dick. The production values are excellent -- every page vibrant
full color, hard cover, sewn binding.
%Info: $25 to Tuppy Owens Box 4ZB London W1A 4ZB UK 160 pages, Mini
%Title: Salt and Sage Issue Vol 3 #1
%Descr: *The Mega-zine of the Sacred Faeries. Article about the yule
festival; keeping the question of who faeries are fresh; faerie lore and
traditions; contact points for faeries in different locales.
%Info: $2 to Salt and Sage 3165 Regent St SLC UT 84111 12 pages,
half legal
%Title: Sanimag Issue 4-5
%Descr: *Sanimag's cover is a spoof of the Sanibag logo, and the zine's
contents similarly lampoon the way this society says women's issues are
supposed to be discretely disposed of. A comic about being mistaken for a
boy; facts about abortion and choice; a poem about The Homicidal Lesbian
Terrorist; sexist things said by men to a woman whose job is calling
people on the phone; the girlfriend, an accessory without an identity of
her own; cat corner; two new p.c. terms; a collage with a woman bowling a
bomb towards a set of penises; more drawings and writing. #5 has a comic
about being mistaken for a different gender; the phone number of a guy who
tried to pick up Lita; comic about people who say "I'm not a bigot,
but..."; unlearning sexism for men and women; poem about a child molester;
comic about violence against women; info about herbs; book and music
reviews.
%Info: .75 + 2 stamps to Boxholder Box 1059 DeKalb IL 60115 20
pages, digest Free to prisoners.
%Title: Shoot People At Random Issue 1
%Descr: +A Milk and Cheese-inspired comic; top 10 reasons to shoot people
at random; a news clipping about youths attacking a bus thinking the
occupants were Earth First!ers; blue kornchips and the revolution; the
prevalence of sexual abuse; breaking the law by cocksucking in Idaho; the
campaign to save the Cove Mallard wilderness. For an extra $2, you can get
a copy of the ltd. edition full-color print "Sun Shiny Freaked Out Flower
Faggot Boy On Acid Walking Thru the Galleria."
%Info: $3 to S.P.A.R. Box 8968 Moscow ID 83843 32 pages, digest
%Title: Silver Balls Issue 2
%Descr: *This book has several of Quetzal's short "Dirty Old Men" strips,
in which an older gay couple discusses sexual matters; a longer comic are
about a guy who watches his neighbor lift weights and pose, after which
the mature muscleman pantses him and jerks off onto his chest; a series of
one-panel comics about a group of older gay men at a nude pool party. Age
statement required.
%Info: $3.50 to Hand Jive Comix Box 46095 LA CA 90046 28 pages,
half legal Age statement required.
%Title: Skyjack Issue 1
%Descr: Now, this is what I mean when I say that zines should be tightly
focused on a personal obsession. It's a zine for gay fans of air travel. A
gay flight attendant writes about goofy passenger behavior; a guide to
airplane movies; secret confessions of gay airline enthusiasts; memories
of Eastern Airlines (the editor of this zine plundered memoribilia from
the defunct airline -- he even sent me a letter on Eastern stationery);
gay and lesbian employees in the airline industry; a gay flight attendant
writes about his conversation-sparking rainbow wings; AIDS Resource
Network's work within American Airlines.
%Info: $3 to Skyjack 55 Morton St #3K NY NY 10014 12 pages,
standard
%Title: Slot Issue 3
%Descr: Facts about women and lesbians and HIV/AIDS; how to be an angry
young woman; solutions for when women get things stuck in their vaginas;
food tricks to play on friends; band write-ups; film review of lesbian bar
documentary "Last Call at Maud's." The boy-band writeups are actually
about half of the zine, while the rest is the above described women-
oriented stuff.
%Info: $2? to Slot Box 26143
166 Sherbrook St. Winnipeg Manitoba R3C 1E4 Canada 20 pages, standard
%Title: Slumber Issue 1-5
%Descr: +#1: Surrealist games, casting runes instead of the I Ching;#2: a
Caroliner Rainbow interview, and some thoughts about selling stuff and
zines as therapy; #3 is a 1-pager; #4 has a guide to cheap coffee in
Sonoma county, buying the New Yorker despite being broke, slugs in the
bathroom, a guide to the few cool places in Santa Rosa, and Barbie Mad
Libs; #5 is mini-sized, with stuff about moving back in with parents. #6
will have stuff about queer pride. 1 & 2 are 50 cents, 3 & 5 are 25
cents, 4 is $1.
%Info: to c/o Heather S. Box 139 Cazadero CA 95421-0139
%Title: Some of the Boys We Like: 1994 Calendar
%Descr: +Photos of young, white, skinny, shaved, pierced, naked guys.
Some of the poses: with a whip; wearing a cockring;, holding a knife to
his penis; with a chain between nippie and Prince Albert; with clothespins
clipped to his arms. The xeroxing was a little light on the copy I
reviewed.
%Info: $5 to Steven Michael 2261 Market #444 SF CA 94114 14 pages,
standard
%Title: Something Queer Is Going On Issue 2-3
%Descr: +This used to be called "Zine Queer." #2: Reviews of Harold &
Maud and Orlando; a dialoge on two womens' views on pornography and
prostitution; two people talk about Madonna's book Sex; a vision of a
sexual utopia where everyone's sexuality would be considered o.k.; a
review of a Pansy Division show; velvet Elvis paintings; poems. #3:
Thoughts about queerdom; assimilation and the politics of oppression; sex
Paglia style; mainstream media attention to trend-setting lesbians; how to
protect yourself from queer-oriented hate crimes and harrassment;
censorship and the first amendment; queer book and movie and music
reviews.
%Info: $1 to Something Queer Is Going On Box 383, 5960 Southland Park
Dr Sacramento CA 95822 16 pages, digest
%Title: Sorority Issue 3
%Descr: This is a really information-packed lesbian magazine. An article
on dykes behind bars, which discusses the reality of the situation, rather
than the fantasy of women in prison films; interview with artist Rene
Porter, who does realistic paintings and drawings of women; a report from
an American Sign Language intensive for women; debates about safe sex and
dental dams for women; Momazons lesbian mothers network; Rubyfruit Erotica
catalog; Catalog X; reviews of a video about the making of Claire of the
Moon, Rita Mae Brown's Venus Envy, and many more books; Liliane comic
about the Michigan Women's Music Festival; more.
%Info: $6 to Sorority Suite 110, 1170 Bay St. Toronto Ontario M5S 2B4
Canada 104 pages, digest
%Title: Speed Demon Issue 4
%Descr: *Here's the contents of this Italian-language queer zine: An
interview with Pansy Division; an article on homophobia; zine review of
the death zine Healter Skelter; "Hewd vs. Kim," a short short; interview
with Italian underground band Acidi Tonanti; interview with Suzie of Riot
Grrrl zine Stinkzine; interview with bassist Jill Emery; zine review of LA
zine Spunk; Pain Teens interview and review; Sprinkler interview and
review; poetry by Jeremy Reed. Also enclosed with the issue is the
Italian-language short story "Doctor Funky."
%Info: $5? to Speed Demon Box 44/A P.ZA San Babila 4/D 20122 Milano
Italy 42 pages, Euro Standard
%Title: Spline Issue 2-3
%Descr: *#2 starts with an editorial that includes Turtle's coming out to
his sister. Turtle writes about stomp dancing at a Pow-Wow; Tammy writes
about the politics of club-going; a lengthy interview with Ian MacKaye,
with some really good questions and answers, notably some about
homophobia; interview with Orbital. #3: more about techno for those
prejudiced against it; trying to interview Joe Steffan; gossip about One
Dove; reviews of Ultramarine and Front 242; a well-written, long story
about a guy who has a date with a guy who has a girlfriend; more music and
zine reviews.
%Info: 50" to Spline Box 666 Oxford OH 45056 16 pages, digest
%Title: Spunk Issue Jan 94
%Descr: *A listing of "dark rooms," bookstores and cinemas, baths, fetish
& specialty stuff, cable TV shows and other sex-related info for New York
and San Francisco. January issue is The Year In Sex issue.
%Info: $1 to Studio Iguana 501 First St, room 419 SF CA 94107 2
pages, tabloid
%Title: Steam Issue 3-4
%Descr: *A magazine about places for public sex for men. #3 is the back-
to-school issue, and it has features on finding sex on a college campus,
and specific articles about Harvard and Rice; an article about New York's
health code regulations; the ABC's of sleaze -- arcades, bookstores and
cinemas; an excerpt from Robert Patrick's Temple Slave; Scott O'Hara
writes about working in jackoff theatres; scene reports on Buenos Aires,
Nashville, Montreal, Houston and Dallas, L.A., and San Francisco; a
favorite gloryhole; reviews of bathhouses; plus more short listings of hot
spots. #4 has an editorial on PC sex clubs; jack-off rooms; sex in
Bellingham and Seattle; towel boy of the year; nude beaches and resorts;
the Poconos; cruising in Berlin; Cleveland, Long Island, Palm Springs, New
Orleans, plus the usual features.
%Info: $5 to PDA Press, Inc. Rte 2, Box 1215 Cazenovia WI 53924 72
pages, half legal
%Title: Steppingstone
%Descr: *This publication seems to mainly reprint press releases about
various sorts of bands. This time it's Peter Gabriel, Dick Dale, Diana
Ross, etc. And there's info about the Bluelights AIDS awareness campaign.
%Info: $2? to Baby Faze Productions 45 Pearl St SF CA 94103 36
pages, digest
%Title: St. Michael's Emporium Issue 4
%Descr: This is a catalog for a leather store, but not just any one. This
guy makes leather armor, and other stuff. Some of it is based on designs
from history, and some is road-warrior-esque. It seems to be reasonably
priced considering that it's handmade. Besides the masks, probably the
most affordable item is the velvet-lined leather Valkyrie Bra ($150),
which I'm sure I'd want to own if I had breasts and wasn't a vegetarian.
%Info: $2 to St. Michael's Emporium 156 East 2nd St, Suite 1 NY NY
10009 36 pages, digest
%Title: Strange Looking Exile Issue 5
%Descr: *This queer comix zine is edited by Rob Kirby. There's a
collaborative comic with drawings by Rob and story by Orland Outland about
hanging out at a bathhouse in 1981; a comic by Diane DiMassa (creator of
Hothead Paisan) about her partying younger days; another comic by Rob
about an angry queer son and his goody-goody father who tries too hard to
be "accepting"; a Joan Hilty comic about a perfect Lesbian nightspot; a
comic by Nick Leonard about the Plumbers Butt Bar, and another by him
about appropriation; Alison Bechdel on the hell of the Michigan festival;
Liliane finally gets a date with the butchy door dyke; Christian Schroeder
contributes a comic called "First I want to date Mark Mothersbaugh, then I
want to date Calvin Johnson"; a comic by Fish about a black woman who
encounters a couple of paranoid white folks; "How Incest Affected my Sex
Life," by Michelle Rau; more autobiographical musings by Mr. Kirby, plus a
few more short comix.
%Info: $4.25 to GAP Box 214 New Haven CT 06502 40 pages, half legal
%Title: Suck Don't Blow Issue 2
%Descr: The first thing you notice is the full-color picture of an
asshole (no, not some politician) on the cover. The content is campy and
fun. Gay Shame features gay role models J. Edgar Hoover, Jim Bakker, and
Calvin Klein; a feature on street musicians; a right-on rant about why the
Castro sucks; Drew Barrymore; a paen to People magazine (I think it's
cool, too -- after all, they reviewed Sonic Youth's EVOL years ago);
Anthony Kiedis hawks Depends undergarments; Jesus Christ -- Longhaired
Rock & Roll Love God; romances the media missed, including Axl and Elton;
an article about Wigstock; Sylvia Snatch writes about why women are better
in bed and about working in a strip joint; "America: A Nation of Size
Queens" explores our obsession with having the biggest of everything from
cars to dicks. Age statement required.
%Info: $2 to Miles Long Box 170214 SF CA 94117 32 pages, half legal
Age statement required.
%Title: Switch Hitter Issue 1
%Descr: What is it about Boston that there's so many bi zines from there?
This one adds to the fun already in progress from zines like Bi Girl
World. The editrix rants about what the gay and lesbian community thinks
about bisexuals; movies with women with guns; a safe sex poem; a bisexual
woman writes about her gay male friends' reactions to her marriage to a
man; books to get off with; Sunah Cerwin on writing porn; article on phone
sex; a guy writes about bi sex videos; a hot story about a woman who
catches her girlfriend having virtual sex.
%Info: $2 to Switch Hitter 955 Massachusetts Ave #148 Cambridge MA
02139 20 pages, standard
%Title: Teen Fag Issue 2
%Descr: A long piece about attempting suicide; comic about a boy who
plays with his sisters' Barbies; interviews with three young guys who
placed personal ads, and generally didn't get answers from men they liked;
comics about Carrot Ernie and the Chocolate Tunnel, Fred Flowerhead, and
Spot the Owl dealing junk to the forest creatures; a transcription of a TV
interview with two female G.G. Allin groupies; zine and music reviews, and
more comics.
%Info: $2 to Chow Chow Productions Box 20204 Seattle WA 98102 32
pages, half legal
%Title: TeenMom Issue vol 2 #1
%Descr: This zine is a campy salute to teen motherhood, especially as
concerns celebrities. This is the birthday/holiday issue. America's
gimpiest politicians; how to raise your baby to be a teen idol; eugenics:
choosing the right teen dad; slash professions -- for instance
playwright/book defacer Joe Orton and his boyfriend Kenneth Halliwell, a
second fiddler/bludgeoner; turkey baster award; interview with Juliette
Laws; teen idol Jesus and his teenmom; Mayim Bialik's latkes; thalidomide
boyfriend.
%Info: $3 to TeenMom 2211 N Cahuenga #306 LA CA 90068 24 pages,
standard
%Title: Thorn Issue 4
%Descr: *Drawings of white people, and the reactions of a black child;
interview with the editor of I Heart Amy Carter; a painting entitled
"Gynecology can be Fun"; Antonina, a saxaphonist; "Positions In/On
Sisterhood"; three women produce images of ripping out hearts; a letter to
two little sisters; interview with cartoonist Trina Robbins; comic by
Megan Kelso; music and zine reviews.
%Info: $3.50+2 stamps to Thorn 2300 Market St. #23 SF CA 94114-1521
32 pages, standard
%Title: The Tidewater Times Issue Jan 94
%Descr: *This is the newsletter of the Tidewater Bears, a social club for
bear-type men and their admirers. Besides info about events and the
club's video library, there's advice about cruising, info on the legality
of receiving porn through the mail, and a piece on gays, blacks, and civil
rights.
%Info: to The Tidewater Times Box 2241 Denbigh VA 23609-0241 4
pages, standard
%Title: TransSisters Issue 1-3
%Descr: +The Journal of Transsexual Feminism. Issue 1 features a lengthy
interview with Leslie Feinberg, author of Stone Butch Blues, and an
article by her about building bridges between gays and lesbians and
transgender people; an article about the March on Washington (which didn't
include the word "Transgendered" in its name); a piece from a transsexual
speak-out. Issue 2 is a special issue about Transsexual Womyn at the
Michigan Womyn's Music Festival. Included are an article by Nancy Jean
Burkholder, who was kicked out of the festival in 1991; an open letter to
the festival by Lesbians for Justice; an article by Davina Anne Gabriel,
who attended in 1992 and distributed literature and took a poll; the poll
results, which show that the majority of women don't mind transsexuals
attending the festival; articles about the 1993 festival, when
transsexuals were again expelled, and established a camp outside the
festival. #3 has articles on being outspoken; transphobia; things you
don't say to a transsexual; biological determinism; orgasmic function in
postoperative transsexual women; surgery conducted on children born
intersexed; gender and sexuality.
%Info: $3 to Skyclad Publishing 4004 Troost Ave Kansas City MO 64110
32 pages, standard
%Title: Trantastic Comics Issue 1
%Descr: +The main story explores the origin of Simon's crossdressing,
starting around age 12, and continuing up to the first time in drag as an
adult at the club Kinky Gerlinky. The writing is personal and insightful,
and the drawings are simple but effective. Also: a story about smashing a
gingerbread house in drag; a couple of vignettes about Perth drag queens;
going to a photo booth in drag; what happened when a picture of Simon in
drag appeared in a mainstream magazine; more.
%Info: $1/trade to Simon Murphy 8 Hanley Court, Hanley Road London N4
3QB England 16 pages, Euro digest
%Title: Venus Infers Issue 3
%Descr: +This quarterly magazine for leatherdykes includes an open letter
to the Michigan women's music festval; news briefs; "The Black Shoe
Diaries," photos of women and boots and heels; "It Takes a Good Boy to
Make a Good Daddy," by Pat Califia; "One Hundred Needles," with photos of
a human pincushion; Pervs in Cyberspace; a story called "Achieving
Liquidity"; music for sex parties; a twisted shopping guide; classified
ads.
%Info: $8 to Venus Infers 2215-R Market St Suite 294 SF CA 94114 52
pages, standard
%Title: What If...? Issue 1
%Descr: This isn't really a queer zine, but I thought it was worth
mentioning because it has an interview with Diane DiMassa, the artist who
does Hothead Paisan. In the interview, she talks about being a tattooist.
%Info: $1 to What If...? Box 2 New Haven CT 06501 16 pages,
standard
%Title: Whorezine Issue 23
%Descr: *This issue declares that 1994 is the Year of the Whore. Ronny
writes some amusing anecdotes; Stand Up, a community for homeless HIV
positive people in Harlem; Year of the Whore suggestions for sexworkers,
customers, the media, and educators, and info about a newsletter and
poster campaign for the Y.o.t.W.; diary entries from Billie, who works as
a lap dancer, including one about her manager freaking out becuase she's a
dyke; report from the Hustler's Network meeting; what's up with different
sexworker organizations around the country; a quiz to find out if you're a
propertute -- if you fail, you have to go to finishing school; the Queens
of the Tenderloin report on theaters that make dancers pay, so they have
to make all their money from tips; plus many news clipings, letters,
advice column, and resource listing.
%Info: $3 to Whorezine 2300 Market St., Suite 19 SF CA 94114 36
pages, standard
%Title: Wiglet Issue 9
%Descr: This zine falls in the category of personal zines. It's a little
quirky, but serious at times. A visit to Cincinnati's Spring Grove
Cemetary to see the gypsy graves; a list of acceptable jobs, like fountain
designer; the story of a woman having to have an operation to have her
hymen removed -- the doctors weren't very sensitive about it; thoughts
about nature taking over an abandoned mall; a comic about not running
errands; a story about an ex-circus poodle; a Rick Springfield review. And
I almost forgot to mention the nice pen and wash drawings.
%Info: $2+2 stamps to Wiglet Box 8072 Columbus OH 43201 20 pages,
standard
%Title: William Wants A Doll Issue 3
%Descr: Arielle gets her hands on lots of zines and other media, and is
really good at picking the good from the bad. Cartoon characters to have
crushes on; filmmaker boys on TV shows; songs about sexual orientation;
Arielle profiles her younger sisters; civil disobediance inspired by a
show on Lesbian, Gay, and Bi issues; reviews of books including She's A
Rebel and Tim & Pete; a woman's right to pump her own gas; movie reviews;
a queer re-write of 90210's college experience; Arielle interviews her
grandmother, an artist; an expose of how badly Sassy treats their interns;
Arielle's boyfriend has a good attitude towards menstruation; an American
and a Brit trade comics about stereotypes of each other's countries;
boring games like Monopoly and Spin the Bottle; many zine reviews.
%Info: $1 + stamp to Arielle Greenberg 105 Patton Blvd New Hyde Park
NY 11040 40 pages, digest
%Title: Yes, Ms. Davis Issue 3
%Descr: This non-zine of loose pages is edited by the famous Vaginal
Davis. Photos of a performance by Cholita, the female Menudo; Disposable
Heroes; Perry Farrell; Jason Scott Lee; East Village female music
performance group THRUST; Jakob Dylan, son of Bob, who is warned he'd
better beware because Ms. Davis is a nefarious hava nagila queen; Barbara
LeMay, star of the film Glamazon -- A Different Kind of Girl; photos from
parties.
%Info: $2 to Vaginal Davis 4452 Finley #11 LA CA 90027 13 pages,
standard
%Title: Your Butt Issue 1
%Descr: +Stop shampooing your hair and become a greaser; reviews of
Minnie Pearl Necklace, Shitcan 86, and Country Rockers; a hopeless love
story; only a new crush will get rid of an old one; notes to pass to
people you're attracted to; collage by Winston Smith; a story about a
homosexual monkey in Paris; what if United Airlines ran the world; 12
sure-fire ways to promote anarchy; places in San Francisco for women who
can pee standing; tips for making Barbies anatomically correct.
%Info: $3 to Build 483 Guerrero SF CA 94110 48 pages, digest
%Title: Your Face + My Ass Issue 2
%Descr: A rant about people who call themselves anarchists but aren't
very different from those who they claim to oppose; queer anarchists vs.
Clinton gays; overhearing two friends having sex; story about a flasher;
basics of piercing; a religious rant about sexual sins; a bi boy doesn't
like mainstream gay porn, so he buys lesbian porn; a guide to places for
straight bashing; an interview with an adult bookstore employee; stuff
about an assimilationist gay youth center; sex with a straight punk; more.
(note corrected address)
%Info: $2 to YFMA Box 80089 Mpls MN 55408 24 pages, digest
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APAs
An APA (Amateur Press Association) is a publication where all contributors
send multiple copies of their submission to an coordinator, who collates
the whole thing and sends it out to all participants. Participants pay for
postage. APAs frequently are science fiction related. Some APAs have a
limit on the number of active members, so you may have to go on a waiting
list. APAs can be like a community of friends, a non-threatening way to
share your creativity.
-- The 1993 New Moon Directory is a listing of over 250 APAs on nearly
every conceivable topic. Eric L. Watts, 346 Carpenter Dr. #51, Atlanta, GA
30328-5030 (D-92/$4.25)
-- APA-Lambda #71: Here's what they have to say about themselves: "APA-
Lambda covers gay/lesbian/bisexual issues in, out, and around science
fiction fandom. The current membership is intelligent, literate, and
thoughtful and certainly does not toe the Politically Correct line. Lambda
encourages original fiction, critiques of pop, fannish, gay amd straight
culture and other creative writing. APA-Lambda is unable to honor requests
for copies to be sent to prisons or state hospitals." My favorite thing in
this issue is the hybrid titles like "Alice's Restaurant at the End of the
Universe"; Dan Perkins, Box 1714, Lombard, IL 60148-1714
-- The Apa That Dares Now Speak Its Name, a comics amateur press
association (APA) emphasising Lesbian, Gay, and Bi themes is seeking new
members. All members must be 21 or over. For information, send SASE to
Mike Phillips, Box 10141, Milwaukee, WI 53210
-- Northstar is a bimonthy APA for gays, lesbians, and bisexuals who are
also general comic book fans. $5 will put you on the waitlist; the waiting
list is very short. Box 51506, Knoxville, TN 37950-1506
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Video
* Fertile Latoyah Jackson Video Magazine: The second volume of this video
spinoff of Vaginal Davis' classic zine is now out. Directed by famous fag
photographer Rick Castro. Color, VHS. Send $21 + $5 postage & handling ($8
overseas) to Pyewackett Productions, 1312 North Stanley Ave, LA CA 90046
"The Yo-Yo Gang" stars a whole bunch of queer music and zine people.
Directed by G.B. Jones. 30 Minues, Color, VHS. It's about two rival girl
gangs, one with skateboards, one with yo-yos. $20 (U.S.) from Box 55, Stn
E, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6H 4E1
+ Josh Darlington is searching for queer underground film/video directors
for various projects. He's also looking for underground comic artists to
send proposals for animation clips, and people who specialize in
performance poetry, and poetry videos. SASE to 3994 N. Fair Oak Ave,
Altadena CA 91001
+ The 2nd Hippie Dick video, titled Skin and Bonz, features hard-fucking-
jack-off-dicksucking hippies, punks and freaks who are into jock-straps,
condoms, dildoes, body piercings and more. Film at Eleven, 2215-R Market
St. #559, SF CA 94114 ($49.95)
+ Smut! The Video Zine: Smut! is sexually all-inclusive, spanning
everything from gay to straight, normal to sick. Age of consent laws will
be followed, tho. Submissions of video are wanted. Any level of expertise
is kool. Send #10 SASE for the infosheet or order form for issue #1. Box
221, West Hempstead, NY 11552-0211
Voyeur Foyer, a San Francisco cable TV show, will air local queer films
and videos bi-monthly. Interested local film and video makers write Eric
Haeberli, Submit Films, 35A Hoff St. SF, CA, 94110
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Announcements
-- Yoyo A-go-go: This summer, Yoyo Recordings will be presenting Yoyo A-
go-go, a five day and night music event at the Capitol Theater in Olympia,
Washington, from July 12th through July 16th, 1994. Nearly 40 independent
performers will punk this town to the ground. The city of Olympia will
also be providing carnival rides, a parade, and fireworks for your
entertainment. For more information write to: Yoyo Recordings-Yoyo A-go-
go, c/o Pat Maley, Box 10081, Olympia, Washington, 98502 USA (206)-352-
2597 (Larry-bob is planning on attending.)
-- 56A Infoshop is a squatted radical bookshop and food co-op. They're
looking for single issues of queer zines for people to read while visiting
the Infoshop. So send them your zine. 56 Crampton St., London, SE17, UK
-- A show of Michael Manning's art is currently at Good Vibrations, 1210
Valencia, SF, CA. You may have seen in Spiral, Frighten the Horses, etc.
His new graphic novel The Spider Garden will be released in Spring 1994
with a signing March 30 at Good Vibrations.
-- The 25th anniversary of Stonewall will be celebrated in New York City
at the end of June 1994. God Is My-Copilot and Homocore Chicago are
organizing a queer music show. If anyone would like to arrange to meet
with other queer zinesters there, let me know and I'll put an announcement
in QZE.
-- Will there be a Spew 4? People have been asking, but nobody has stepped
forward to organize such a queer zine convention. Chris Wilde of Abrupt
Lane Edge was talking about doing something this summer. Meanwhile, people
have been organizing local/regional get-togethers.
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End of Queer Zine Explosion