Loud & Queer 23: Queer in My Culture Zine

By Marisa Wohlschlaeger

Queerness and culture intersect in all of us, and each of us have experienced this intersection. Some cultures clash with queerness, labeling us as wrong or not normal. Others may experience how their culture embraces their queerness. We may even have a connection to how queerness was celebrated in the past but is vilified now due to cultural change, colonization and other shifts that arrived from outside our culture. Juggling queerness and culture can be a struggle, a joy, and a lifelong assignment at the same time.
How does queerness intersect with your culture? What feelings and experiences have this intersection brought you? What are you dreams for cultural change to embrace queerness?
Please note the content warnings as you read and enjoy the pages of pride in this issue.

Featuring creators:
Bones as a cage Cherry Walker (they/them, writer) Shivani Gangadia (she/her, artist) Poetry with digital artwork
Lesbian Touch of Vestige Love Angel Angeles (they and she) Poetry
The Body You Create Donnie (they/he) Multimedia
R&B, NeoSoul, Jazz (playlist), Country album Oskar Gill (He/him) Music
Sibrwd Hyfryd 'Lovely Whispers' Shan H Creates (they / them) Digital Illustration
Swimming Cucumbers et al Jim Kellogg (he/him) Poetry
SUSANNA SENZA I VECCHI (SUSANNA WITHOUT THE ELDERS) LET IT FLOW, WHAT I HAVE TO SAY Eleonora (she/they/he) mixed media collage
The Kiss That Gave Me Life Hope McGuire (she/her) Fiction

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F5B3QQ92
• ISBN13: 9798280124417
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"