Queer Diary Zines

Queer Diary zine-making sessions are a relaxed space for LGBTQIA+ people to socialise whilst cutting up old teen magazines, repurposing them for creative collaging.

Running in London since 2021, with UK-wide pop-ups since 2023.

We publish small-scale printed zines, featuring creative contributions from Queer Diary participants.

Email us to talk about running a zine-making session in with your community group or venue.
Book tickets for the next session

Grab a pritt-stick & join the Queer Diary team for an evening of nostalgia, crafting & the chance to create your own personal Queer Teenage History Zine

🎨 Design the teen mag you wish you’d read

💐 Collage your fantasy prom-night

❤️‍🔥 Create a fanzine for your first crush

💌 Write a letter to your younger self

👀 Draw a coming-of-age cartoon

Or simply sit & doodle with a friendly queer crowd, to a throwback soundtrack 💿🎶

All crafting materials provided:

Paper + pritt stick + scissors + felt-tips + gel pens + pencils + stencils 🖍

+ a load of old teen mags to cut up & re-cycle into your own queer-tastic zine ✂️✂️

A group of people gathered around a table filled with magazines and craft materials, absorbed in their cutting and pasting and conversation

A stack of old teen magazines including Green Day on NME, Leona Lewis and Rihanna on Top of The Pops, Wham on Smash Hits, and Duncan from Blue on Sugar

The cover of a Queer Diary zine with an illustration of some scissors, a typewriter with a rainbow on the paper, a butterfly sticker, a sparkly star, an old nokia phone, and the words Queer Diary in pink handwriting and 'zine' in cut-out letters from magazines

Picked up a zine?

Check out past issues of our zines, credits, context & descriptions.

Published Queer Diary Zines

If you like our zines & want us to keep making them, make a donation.

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Previously at:

London's LGBTQ+ Centre (Southwark); QUEERCIRCLE (Greenwich); ArtFix Cafe (Greenwich); Kingswood Arts (Southwark); Stanley Arts (Croydon); Museum of Croydon (collaging workshop with Queer Croydon); 3 of Cups Cafe (Durham, with Bookwyrm); Wycombe Arts Centre (High Wycombe); Conway Hall (London, with Lead Me Into Temptation LGBT Summer Fair); Art Play London (Spitalfields, with Queer-tivity); Club Soda (London, with Queers Without Beers); The Hat Factory (Luton, with Queer & Crafty); Ruscote Community Centre (Banbury, with Sassify Zines); Oasis Centre (Fenland); Higgins Museum (Bedford, with Rainbow Bedfordshire); St Margaret's House (Bethnal Green, with Cut Out Club); The Queerish Bookshop (Darlington); The Old Fire Station (Oxford); Prickwillow ArtSpace (Cambridgeshire); The Actors (Brighton) Farnham Maltings (Surrey), Pride House (Wolverhampton), October Books (Southampton).

Thanks to all our funders and partners who've supported the development and delivery of Queer Diary events and activities over the years.

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