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Xerox Revolutionaries

Xerox Revolutionaries is a great spot for finding a wide array of personal queer zines. Hank, the creator of this site and distro, has even supplied perusers with a handy key, which gives a quick idea of the content of each individual zine--a greatly appreciated tool of zine junkies who spend loads of time wading through seas of publications on distro sites. Well, that's my assessment of Xerox Revolutionaries, but I feel it's best to go straight to the source if possible when trying to get to the bottom of things. So, here's Hank's introduction to his distro:

WRITE IT, COPY IT, PASS IT AROUND

There's no fuckin way that the revolution will be transmitted via the internet. Paper zines can be carried in your back pocket, read in the crapper, and passed to anyone on the street. Paper zines slide in below class lines, phone lines, and picket lines. Paper zines don't give a shit about the cyber gap.

Anything you hold in your hand can be used as a weapon or as a tool, and zines are no exception.

Trans, gay, dyke, fag, bi, or omnisexual. Queercore, old school, gutter, crust, skin, riot grrrl, homocore, sXe, hardcore, rockabilly, or just plain fuckin' punk. Our scene is the loose collection of a thousand personalities, and our words are the only things holding us together at all.

Click here to find the zine that's right for you!!!

Here's a little e-mail interview I conducted with Hank:

Mable: Why do you feel alternative presses (personal zines especially) are important as opposed to more mainstream publications?

Hank: Mainstream publications essentially exist for one reason: to make money. Anything written for a mainstream publication has to be tested for two things: 1) Will it draw in readers (which is why articles on trans folks in mainstream sources invariably scream things like "MAN IN DRESS KILLED" rather than "Woman Murdered")?, and 2) Will it offend advertisers? With zines - both personal and political (the two are seldom easy to separate in queer zines) - there's only one thing kept in mind: will it tell the story I want to tell. And that means a free flow of ideas, experiences, and information. I would much rather hand someone one zine by a queer author than 4 mainstream periodicals or books with queer subjects. There's no ads for medication, no glossy, airbrushed models conforming to societal standards, etc.

M: What is the history of Xerox Revolutionaries?

H: XR started in July of 2000. I sat down on the floor of my trailer and typed up a catalog complete with 4 zines (3 of which I'd written) and a spray-painted cover. I managed to get online not too long after and the whole thing sort of blew up. I started XR because I couldn't find any other large collection of queer punk zines for sale (GB Jones actually runs another really good queer punk distro, but I didn't know that at the time). I've met some amazing writers and artists, and I've received letters from kids all over the world who are doing what they can to fight back against the shit they face every day.

Hank's newest creation:

"They'll try to tell you that the fight is over, that aligning yourself with others on the basis of who you're attracted to or how your body doesn't match your gender leads to useless splintering of the punk scene. And then they'll call you a cocksucker."

1/2 letter size. 8 pages. FREE. (Just ask for it.)

It's poetry, it's pain, it's pictures, it's rants, it's rambling, it's revenge. It's a damn good tour through one dyke's mind.

FENCE SITTER is a bisexual activist zine that incorporates art pieces from individuals of a fluid range of sexual identities. FENCE SITTER is about questioning and deconstructing binary systems of sexuality as well as revealing other types of marginalization or oppression concerning class, gender, race, and body size. The term FENCE SITTER has been used against many bisexuals and it has become the title of this zine so that this biphobic term can be reclaimed as something empowering for bisexual identified individuals.

"there's quite a debate raging on and off line at the moment. it's all about testing the limits of free speach online and using satire to achieve it but failing miserably..."

a zine by the Anti-Capitalist Tranny Brigade detailing the arrest of a NYC trans man for using the men's restroom

Yellow Three by Jackie Joice
(the stage right before a volcano erupts)
This zine is mostly about travel and punk feminism

All images and descriptions from the Xerox Revolutionaries site

Xerox Revolutionaries is a great spot for finding a wide array of personal queer zines. Hank, the creator of this site and distro, has even supplied perusers with a handy key, which gives a quick idea of the content of each individual zine--a greatly appreciated tool of zine junkies who spend loads of time wading through seas of publications on distro sites. Well, that's my assessment of Xerox Revolutionaries, but I feel it's best to go straight to the source if possible when trying to get to the bottom of things. So, here's Hank's introduction to his distro: *WRITE IT, COPY IT, PASS IT AROUND* There's no fuckin way that the revolution will be transmitted via the internet. Paper zines can be carried in your back pocket, read in the crapper, and passed to anyone on the street. Paper zines slide in below class lines, phone lines, and picket lines. Paper zines don't give a shit about the cyber gap. *Anything you hold in your hand can be used as a weapon or as a tool, and zines are no exception.* Trans, gay, dyke, fag, bi, or omnisexual. Queercore, old school, gutter, crust, skin, riot grrrl, homocore, sXe, hardcore, rockabilly, or just plain fuckin' punk. Our scene is the loose collection of a thousand personalities, and our words are the only things holding us together at all. Click here to find the zine that's right for you!!! Here's a little e-mail interview I conducted with Hank: Mable: Why do you feel alternative presses (personal zines especially) are important as opposed to more mainstream publications? Hank: Mainstream publications essentially exist for one reason: to make money. Anything written for a mainstream publication has to be tested for two things: 1) Will it draw in readers (which is why articles on trans folks in mainstream sources invariably scream things like "MAN IN DRESS KILLED" rather than "Woman Murdered")?, and 2) Will it offend advertisers? With zines - both personal and political (the two are seldom easy to separate in queer zines) - there's only one thing kept in mind: will it tell the story I want to tell. And that means a free flow of ideas, experiences, and information. I would much rather hand someone one zine by a queer author than 4 mainstream periodicals or books with queer subjects. There's no ads for medication, no glossy, airbrushed models conforming to societal standards, etc. *M: What is the history of Xerox Revolutionaries?* H: XR started in July of 2000. I sat down on the floor of my trailer and typed up a catalog complete with 4 zines (3 of which I'd written) and a spray-painted cover. I managed to get online not too long after and the whole thing sort of blew up. I started XR because I couldn't find any other large collection of queer punk zines for sale (GB Jones actually runs another really good queer punk distro, but I didn't know that at the time). I've met some amazing writers and artists, and I've received letters from kids all over the world who are doing what they can to fight back against the shit they face every day. Hank's newest creation: "They'll try to tell you that the fight is over, that aligning yourself with others on the basis of who you're attracted to or how your body doesn't match your gender leads to useless splintering of the punk scene. And then they'll call you a cocksucker." 1/2 letter size. 8 pages. FREE. (Just ask for it.)	It's poetry, it's pain, it's pictures, it's rants, it's rambling, it's revenge. It's a damn good tour through one dyke's mind. FENCE SITTER is a bisexual activist zine that incorporates art pieces from individuals of a fluid range of sexual identities. FENCE SITTER is about questioning and deconstructing binary systems of sexuality as well as revealing other types of marginalization or oppression concerning class, gender, race, and body size. The term FENCE SITTER has been used against many bisexuals and it has become the title of this zine so that this biphobic term can be reclaimed as something empowering for bisexual identified individuals. "there's quite a debate raging on and off line at the moment. it's all about testing the limits of free speach online and using satire to achieve it but failing miserably..." a zine by the Anti-Capitalist Tranny Brigade detailing the arrest of a NYC trans man for using the men's restroom
	Yellow Three by Jackie Joice (the stage right before a volcano erupts) This zine is mostly about travel and punk feminism

	*All images and descriptions from the Xerox Revolutionaries site*