It’s for queers by queers. By queer we mean someone who identifies as LGBTQIA+ and/or socially and politically identifies as queer. It is compiled and printed in Bristol, UK by a group of friends. It exists in direct response to a lack of real-life queer spaces and the digital overwhelm and underwhelm of the COVID-19 era.
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