12 Queer Indie Mags To Support This Month and Forever
Written by Daphne Bryant
Image courtesy of Polyester Zine
pride month is here, which means it’s the perfect time to celebrate queer stories and support the independent publications creating space for them. While mainstream media often overlooks LGBTQ+ voices or treats us like seasonal features, queer-run magazines, zines, and literary journals document, challenge, archive, and imagine queer life in all its complexity, all year long. From art and poetry to personal essays, community journalism, and cultural criticism, these publications are building platforms for underrepresented voices and fostering connection across generations and geographies.
Whether you're looking for your next favorite read, hoping to support queer creatives, or simply want to diversify your media diet this Pride, every single one of these indie magazines deserve a spot on your radar.
Autostraddle is a digital publication and social network for lesbian, bisexual, and queer women, as well as non-binary and trans people. They aim to highlight feminist queer voices and publish a wide variety of non-fiction on their website, including personal essays.
Chapstick is a magazine for and by lesbians, with the goal of amplifying lesbian voices, creativity and trends. You can read the mag digitally as well as in print, and feel free to attend any of their IRL events happening all over SoCal!
Ebony Tomatoes is a literary and art magazine for personal and political liberation, and it’s led by a Black queer collective. Their main topics are community organizing, personal identity, gender, and sexuality, and all of their work comes from a first-person perspective.
Flag is a queer publication dedicated to uplifting LGBTQ+ creatives and fostering community through art, collaboration, and collective care. The mag’s name, Flag, is emblematic of various cultural facets of queerness, as well as transness and gender nonconformity.
frenetic is a queer-owned and leftist poetry and arts magazine based in the North East of England. Inspired by magazines of the Harlem Renaissance like The Crisis and Fire!!, frenetic provides both a home for radical or experimental submissions, and a safe space for an incredibly diverse community of artists.
Oofie is a junk drawer collection of all things art, fashion, community, and creativity! Starting as a 100 day project, it is now a one of a kind print magazine based in NYC.
Opal Age is a global network of creatives fostering vulnerability, understanding, and reverence for the queer community. It is a print and digital zine intended to create space for queer liberation, border dissolving, boundary pushing, art, literature and the self.
REVERB is an independent, single issue magazine showcasing the work of queer and trans artists from all over the world. 100% of profits are donated to Point of Pride’s Gender Affirming Care program.
Scissors is a Philly-based newspaper zine made by and for Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous & POC Dykes. It prioritizes mutual aid, activist art and educational resources.
Snatch is a queer-first women’s sports publication celebrating fan culture through evergreen stories and original design. They have print issues, a monthly risograph mail club, and merchandise available for women’s sports fans who love the stories behind the game.
Stray House is an art and culture zine, born in the heart of Los Angeles and deeply rooted in the eclectic scenes of Boston and New York. Their mission is simple: to create a space where artists and art lovers can meet, forge connections and support communities.
and of course…!
Dreamworldgirl Zine is a multimedia publication and creative community that explores the complexities of girlhood through a nostalgic and whimsical lens. We explicitly work to subvert and reclaim the traditional, mainstream definitions of girlhood and in doing so, have carved our own unique space, identity and community.
