The Hitchhiker's Guide to Queer Media

For those of us with problems finding sufficiently queer media to consume. A resource of queer television shows, films, comics, and more, as well as information on GSRM issues and visibility. Feel free to submit any form of media to be added

[aqueerermedia]

Hello! Trying to get my recently launched webcomic out to the queers i hold dear. Skyvein is a fantasy/sci-fi webcomic following the perilous adventures of our heroes (reluctant and otherwise) in a world where magick is regulated and everyone lives on islands in a sea of toxic clouds. i'd be pleased as punch if you could include it on your blog.

I’m sorry this blog was created as part of a class project. It has only 4 followers, and I don’t have the time required for upkeep on it. I’m happy enough to create an entry for you on the rec list, but I’m not sure how much traffic it’ll get you. 

(As a side note, I’ve read your comic and love it.)

To read Skyvein visit: http://www.skyveincomic.com

[profeminist]

Top 11 Times This Year Pop Culture Reminded Us Kids Are Queer and Trans Too

As long as queer kids are taking their own lives, as long as young lesbians are told that their crushes on other girls are just fleeting feelings that all straight girls have and as long as trans girls as young as age 6 are treated as sexual deviants who shouldn't be allowed to use the bathroom, we're going to need representation in all-ages media.

“One of my absolute favorite things to write about is queer representation in all-ages and young adult media. Being young and queer can be super confusing, and if you don’t know where to find other people like you, it can be super lonely and super depressing. If you can’t find anyone who’s like you and your age, you might turn to books, TV, movies, comics or other media to try to find someone, anyone, who reflects you back at yourself. We need to see ourselves, we need to see possibilities for our future.

I’m going to keep on championing queer representation in all-ages media until my dying breath. As long as queer kids are taking their own lives, as long as young lesbians are told that their crushes on other girls are just fleeting feelings that all straight girls have and as long as trans girls as young as age six are treated as sexual deviants who shouldn’t be allowed to use the bathroom, we’re going to need TV shows, comic books, novels and all sorts of other media that counters the dangerous and misleading information queer kids hear every day. These are some of the best examples of that from this past year.”

See the list here

[fuckyeahbiguys]

"I’m sick of how bisexuality is erased in LGBT spaces. I get really nervous before any LGBT event, especially Pride. I feel incredibly sad and hopeless when gay and lesbian people call me insulting names. If gay and lesbian people don’t understand me – Continue reading Prejudice at Pride at Empathize This

[the-headless-vulcan]

PROTECT YOUR BI PEEPS

[cryingalonewithfrankenstein]

This photo always cheers me up a bit. It’s a front-page article from 1955 about Christine Jorgensen, one of the first women to have sex-reassignment surgery.

Since the text is a bit small and I couldn’t find a larger copy, here’s what the small blurb says:

A World of a Difference

George W. Jorgensen, Jr., son of a Bronx carpenter, served in the Army for two years and was given honorable discharge in 1946. Now George is no more. After six operations, Jorgensen’s sex has been changed and today she is a striking woman, working as a photographer in Denmark. Parents were informed of the big change in a letter Christine (that’s her new name) sent to them recently.

This article is 58 years old, and it’s more respectful of Christine’s pronoun choices and name than some publications are today. It makes me happy to see a newspaper be respectful of a trans person’s choice of name and pronouns like that :3

[wherehavalltheflowersgone]

If someone from literally one of the most intolerant decades in recent history can respectfully write about trans women current journalists have no excuse.

[aqueerermedia]

GQutie (pronounced gee-cutie!) is an autobiographical comic detailing one genderqueer artist’s thoughts, discoveries, and encounters when it comes to their gender and everything connected to it (which is a lot of things, it turns out).

Contains some mature themes.

[aqueerermedia]

This is a comic about gender and sexuality. It follows the lives of 8 main characters: Steve, Mark, Amber, Nay, Tom, Alex, Charlie and Jamie. It’s about them finding themselves, falling in love, lust and like and how hard they fight to get there.

This comic contains so many issues I can’t even really list them. Some of the things you may find here include: Gays, lesbians, those weird bisexuals everyone is talking about, faggotry, homophobia, transgender issues, dubious consent, body issues, abuse, hate and most important of all, a big old helping of LOVE. There’s a reason I called it Khaos.

[aqueerermedia]

The Posterchildren

Title: The Posterchildren by Kitty Burroughs (quipquipquip on tumblr)

Rating: Young adult fiction

Media type: Novel

Summary: The Posterchildren is a young adult LGBTQ superhero novel written by Kitty Burroughs. Quips, butt-kicking ladies, and more tacky capes than you can shake a stick at.

Link: http://www.theposterchildren.com/