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Queer Materials #4 "G/L PEN"

Queer Materials #4 "G/L PEN"

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The fourth issue in the Queer Materials series "G/L PEN," documents the history of the Gay/Lesbian Postal Employees Network founded in the Twin Cities in 1992. Including newsletters, photographs, flyers, correspondence, and more, this issue shares a tightly curated snippet of G/L PEN's postal activism and its growth into an organization with chapters across the nation. This issue of Queer Materials marks an expansion from a focus on Iowa to a focus on Minnesota as the series seeks to traverse the Midwest through queer archives in the region. From the title page: Queer Materials is an invitation to experience a snippet of LGBTQ archival materials found in throughout the Midwest. Curated from archives within the region, the goal of Queer Materials is to place a folder of archival materials into the hands of those who care to learn, know, and hold onto the Midwest's queer past. I believe access and use of archival materials is a primary way to find evidence of the minutiae of queer life in Midwest and the truth that our community has always existed in this place. I encourage you to visit the broader collection(s) these materials are reproduced from to sift through our shared history.

By Aiden M. Bettine L
January 2023
Pages: 24
Dimensions: 9x12"
Cover: manilla folder with tab
Binding: loose
Process: photocopied
Color: full color
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About — 1. More queer voices merit publishing than get published. 2. Queer storytelling is intergenerational memory. 3. In telling history, place is as important as time. 4. Photocopiers are a powerful and practical tool for DIY publishing. 5. Own the means of production and share it. 6. No publication is too short. Scope Note: We publish non-fiction, erotica, and informal research-based writing. We are interested in local queer history, community libraries, community archives, queer archival collections, queer textiles, arts organizing, oral history, local walking tours, queer place/space, overlooked stories, DIY culture, queer correspondence, the obscene, and the absurd. Publications can take many formats, not limited to zines, pamphlets, and facsimiles using typewriters, photocopiers, and ephemeral inclusions. We are not a literary press or a comics publisher; poetry, fiction, and graphic narrative fall out of our scope.

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