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5 Zines That Support and Celebrate Transfolk

Tired of the run of the mill white-feminist zines about 'girl power'?

Stoked to have made this list alongside some other great zines.

Get your own copy and see the wonderfulness for yourself!

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Ottawa Zine Fair

June 4th, 2016 - Bronson Centre

Not Trans Enough is coming to Ottawa! Get your copy at the Ottawa Zine Fair happening June 4, 2016 at the Bronson Centre. Editor and Compiler of the zine, Eddie Jude will also be reading some of their personal writing the night before at the CCOC Beaver Barracks (464 Metcalfe Street). Come say hello and grab a copy of the zine from the late bloom zines table!

access: both venues are physically accessible. For more info, visit the OZF website.

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Zine Review: Not Trans Enough - Women Write About Comics

Review of the new zine A Compilation on the Erasure of Non Passing and Non Conforming Trans Identified People, from Late Bloom Zine.

A review by Women Write About Comics! For the full review, click the link!

“Not Trans Enough: A Compilation on the Erasure of Non Passing and Non Conforming Trans Identified People challenges the idea that there is a clear, static definition of trans identity. Collected by Eddie Jude, the publisher and creator behind Late Bloom Zines, this anthology zine boasts over fifty pages of content from 31 contributors, all questioning the concept of trans authenticity by sharing their individual experiences.

Dictionary definitions of “enough” contradict how we sometimes use the word. Merriam-Webster defines it as “equal to what is needed.”The Free Dictionary identifies it as meaning, “sufficient to meet a need or satisfy a desire; adequate,” and the listing in the Oxford English Dictionary similarly states, “sufficient in quantity or number.” If reaching “enough” means one’s needs are all met, how can anyone determine what is enough, except for the person in need?

Each contributor plays with, or refutes, the idea of outside parties creating a strict definition of “enough.” The uniqueness of each creator is reflected in the diversity of media in the zine: there are essays, free verse poems, sketches, portraits, and lots of spoken word poetry. Many of these pieces utilize styles that are deliberately unconventional. For example, “on femmes, fags, and the impossibility of recognition” by tasha tristan is the first essay in the zine, and, despite its formal nature, is written in all lowercase letters. The following essay, “Big, Burly and Beautiful” by Rhiannon Robear, again disrupts the traditionally formal format when Robear declares, “…fuck off with your gendered policing.” Reading this zine is an exercise in breaking all the rules of both gender norms and form, and it is incredibly satisfying.

Reading this zine is an exercise in breaking all the rules of both gender norms and form, and it is incredibly satisfying.”

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hey! Wanna review Not Trans Enough or want to distro it? Are you currently already distroing it? Email and let us know so we can add your info to our order page, which will let people know where they can pick up or order a copy of the zine. Email: [email protected] Thanks and please share!

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Look for the Late Bloom table tomorrow at Hamilton’s Feminist Zine Fair! There will be a limited run of Not Trans Enough zines there. Come say hey! 

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New run of, Not Trans Enough: a compilation on the erasure of non passing and non conforming trans people is now available in more colours and also for cheaper! Purchase at www.etsy.com/ca/shop/latebloomzines

Locals can pick up copies at the upcoming Mini Zine Fair at 97 Niagara in Toronto, Hamilton Feminist Zine Fest, and hopefully Expozine in Montreal! 

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Not Trans Enough. A compilation zine on the erasure of non passing and non conforming trans people, will make it’s big debut at the Toronto Queer Zine Fair this Saturday October 17th. Over 30 contributors and 26 pages of writings, stories, poems, comics and images. Soon to be available online! Stay tuned!