Interviews from SPEW
In 1991, SPEW brought together artists, writers, editors of zines, performers, video-makers, activists, and bands from throughout the US and Canada. As the first queer zine convention, SPEW marked the […]
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Nominations for the 2023 Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame
Friends of the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame is accepting nominations for the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame recognizes the professional and voluntary achievements of LGBT […]
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Joey Arias Channels Billie Holiday
Drag artist, cabaret singer, performance artist. Joey Arias was involved in New York’s performance art scene in the 1980s, appearing regularly at Club 57 and other downtown venues. During these […]
About THING Magazine
Thing magazine was founded as a platform for black LGBTQ+ life in November 1989. Robert Ford described his zine as a “black gay and lesbian underground arts journal and magazine […]
THING Spring 2022 Commemorative Issue
Get a beautiful, full-color copy of our Commemorative Issue: Celebrating the Fabulousness of THING. Purchase copies online through MagCloud.com
THING: She Knows Who She Is
Excerpts from the Chicago History Museum’s Thing magazine online exhibit at Google Arts & Culture. What is THING? Thing magazine was founded as a platform for black LGBTQ+ life. As such, […]
Thirty Years Ago, a Black Queer Zine Captured the Scene that Birthed House
by Leor Galil for the Chicago Reader, June 2021 – In February 2021, dance-music site Selector republished a list of 100 important house records taken from a 1992 issue of […]
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The Life and Legacy of Thing
by Solveig Nelson for Artforum International, February 2018 – IN 1991, at “SPEW: The Homographic Convergence”— a showcase of queer zines, T-shirts, videotapes, and performance that took place at the […]
The Final ‘Thing’
Owen Keehnen Talks with Zine Pioneer Robert Ford, 1993 The legendary ‘Thing’ magazine, the “she knows who she is” magazine, began in late 1989 as a couple hundred Xeroxes done […]
Robert Ford and THING Magazine Exhibition Reviewed in the NY Times
“…[Y]ou’ll certainly want to drop by the exhibition “THINGS: A Queer Legacy of Graphic Art and Play” at Participant Inc. on the Lower East Side. “Organized by Bradford Nordeen and […]
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